Filippo Valsorda :go: on Nostr: The seeds of the NIST elliptic curves (P-256, P-386, etc.) were selected by the NSA ...

The seeds of the NIST elliptic curves (P-256, P-386, etc.) were selected by the NSA and are rumored to be like

SHA-1("Jerry and Alice deserve a raise. 1398")

However, Jerry Solinas, who picked them, forgot them and then passed away this year.

We should crack them!

I'm announcing a $8,192 bounty (tripled if donated to charity) for anyone cracking these hashes and solving this mystery.

https://words.filippo.io/dispatches/seeds-bounty/