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Re: Why do you think G/2 is so strange?
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ETFbitcoin
on 04/01/2023, 12:19:58 UTC
⭐ Merited by PowerGlove (1)
But anyway what do you think about the goal of this anomaly?
I don't know how G was chosen, but I don't think it's an anomaly or indicative of anything, really. You can find patterns or 'magic numbers' anywhere and everywhere.



This is naive assumption. Knowing parameter of secp256r1[1] is chosen by NSA and cryptography security could be reduced on specific parameter (such as e=3 on RSA[2]), OP concern is valid.

[1] https://it.slashdot.org/story/13/09/11/1224252/are-the-nist-standard-elliptic-curves-back-doored
[2] https://security.stackexchange.com/a/2339