arcanicanis on Nostr: Wait, secp256k1 (as in Koblitz curve, as used in Bitcoin/Ethereum, only meant for a ...
Wait, secp256k1 (as in Koblitz curve, as used in Bitcoin/Ethereum, only meant for a specific narrow use and supposedly has much more ways to be easily misused, making key compromise easier) versus P-256 (secp256r1) or the much simpler/performant Curve25519? Was there a reason for adopting specifically secp256k1 in Nostr above all others?
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2024-01-13 01:10:06Event JSON
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