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Re: Why so many p-values were skipped in case of secp160k1?
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COBRAS
on 05/02/2025, 03:14:23 UTC
The field and curve have to admit a primitive root of unity in order to make the efficient endomorphism work, so that's going to be part of the selection criteria for any of the K curves.


primitive root ?


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Now I understand. It is slightly more complicated than that.
Private keys are not multiple of 18051648. Private keys are power of z mod q, where z is a primitive root mod q.



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https://github.com/cysecud/ecc_weak_keys/issues/2#issuecomment-2508282587


primitive root generate vulnerable subgroups what provide way to breack 256 bit key in seconds.On github more info about it.