laanwj on Nostr: yes-mind that the work that was just merged has been underway in three PRs, since at ...

yes-mind that the work that was just merged has been underway in three PRs, since at least 2017:

https://github.com/bitcoin-core/secp256k1/pull/448
https://github.com/bitcoin-core/secp256k1/pull/636
https://github.com/bitcoin-core/secp256k1/pull/1579

it took a long time because there's an unfortunate lack of reviewers for any change to secp256k1
i wish people would get involved more instead of criticizing and screaming "bitcoin core devs suck" from the sidelines