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Re:Show HN: Misocoin – A barebones Bitcoin-like protocol imp... by tuxxy on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @02:02PM (#15854628)
FYI, I think I see you using the P-256 curve in this project.

Word of warning, this is not Bitcoin's curve. This is a NIST curve.

The library you're using (fastecdsa) has secp256k1 available to use, if that's what you want to do.

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Re:Show HN: Misocoin – A barebones Bitcoin-like protocol imp... by jnbiche on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @02:23PM (#15854851)
Yes, it looks like this (and other differences) is why it's called a "Bitcoin-like" project. It also runs over HTTP instead of plain TCP/IP, so it can't be used as a Bitcoin node anyway (and there are numerous other differences).

But it's a nice example of a Bitcoin-like project, and manages to get the main ideas of Bitcoin in as an educational project.

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Re:Show HN: Misocoin – A barebones Bitcoin-like protocol imp... by jimrandomh on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @02:39PM (#15855047)
The P-256 curve is rated as unsafe by https://safecurves.cr.yp.to/ .
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Re:Show HN: Misocoin – A barebones Bitcoin-like protocol imp... by kendrick__ on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @06:44PM (#15857275)
I know, hence the 'bitcoin-like' title :-)
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