Supercomputing,You seem to be mistaken:
SourceLet 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.
Please post your sources, otherwise this is conjecture.