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Re:Why Did Satoshi Decide to Use Secp256k1 Instead of Secp25... by stavros on Saturday October 09, 2021 @06:39PM (#28813989)
Isn't Keccak SHA3?
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Re:Why Did Satoshi Decide to Use Secp256k1 Instead of Secp25... by 0des on Saturday October 09, 2021 @06:48PM (#28814051)
no, keccak is keccak, sha3 is keccak with NIST's mystery padding added in.
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Re:Why Did Satoshi Decide to Use Secp256k1 Instead of Secp25... by stavros on Saturday October 09, 2021 @08:46PM (#28814747)
Oh huh, I didn't know that, thanks. Sounds like nothing fishy is going on, definitely not.
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