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Re:Why Did Satoshi Decide to Use Secp256k1 Instead of Secp25... by ajb on Saturday October 09, 2021 @06:20PM (#28813843)
It means that the designer may have inserted an unpublished weakness. See also https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nothing-up-my-sleeve_number
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Re:Why Did Satoshi Decide to Use Secp256k1 Instead of Secp25... by 0des on Saturday October 09, 2021 @06:25PM (#28813890)
As in the case of Keccak and SHA3, it doesn't necessarily have to be the designer, it can also be the reviewing committee.
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