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The real security of Bitcoin is the choice of secp256k1. Basically unused before Bitcoin, but chosen specifically because he was more confident it wasn’t backdo
by monero-xmr 3y ago
The real security of Bitcoin is the choice of secp256k1. Basically unused before Bitcoin, but chosen specifically because he was more confident it wasn’t backdoored.
https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/a/83623 https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/a/83623
- crotchfire 3y agoAnd ed25519 was out of the question, since -- being brand new -- its use would have given away the fact that DJB was among the group of people who presented themselves as Satoshi Nakamoto.
- voldacar 3y agoEvidence?