Merge pull request #677 from jobnomade/patch-1

Replace OpenSSL with secp265k1
4 years ago · d87625f93a
parent 84e0899d0e 52f39e1969
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@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ To visualize multiplication of a point with an integer, we will use the simpler

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-((("OpenSSL cryptographic library")))Most bitcoin implementations use the http://bit.ly/1ql7bn8[OpenSSL cryptographic library] to do the elliptic curve math. For example, to derive the public key, the function +EC_POINT_mul()+ is used.((("", startref="KAover04")))
+((("secp256k1 optimized C library")))Bitcoin uses the https://github.com/bitcoin-core/secp256k1[secp256k1 optimized C library] to do the elliptic curve math. For example, to derive the public key, the function +EC_POINT_mul()+ is used.((("", startref="KAover04")))
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