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It is curious that satoshi chose to use an uncommon, non-NIST curve for bitcoin. https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Secp256k1 https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Secp256k1
by windsok 5y ago
It is curious that satoshi chose to use an uncommon, non-NIST curve for bitcoin. https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Secp256k1 https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Secp256k1
- ashtonkem 5y agoSatoshi in general appears to have been quite skeptical of the government, so it's not that surprising that they would not have trusted NIST curves.