No, most curves support a compressed (x coord, parity/sign bit) representation. It's what you'd probably be using if Elligator didn't exist, so makes sense as t

No, most curves support a compressed (x coord, parity/sign bit) representation. It's what you'd probably be using if Elligator didn't exist, so makes sense as the point of comparison. https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-mattsson-tls-compact-ecc/ https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-mattsson-tls-compact-...