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Re: [ANN] Coinshield: Pure SHA3, Decentralized Checkpoints, Block Rewards Never Half
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Supercomputing
on 26/01/2015, 21:32:37 UTC
Supercomputing,

You seem to be mistaken: Source
Let us summarize: in the prime case the domain parameters are (p,a,b,G,n,h) and in the binary case they are (m,f,a,b,G,n,h)

The prime field contains a prime in the domain parameters, but the binary does not. Prime based curves use p as the prime generating the security as you stated, Binary curves use m and f. Coinshield uses sect571r1 which is a NIST/SECG curve over a 571 bit binary field


For sect571r1 domain parameters (m,f,a,b,G,n,h), n is a large prime.