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Re: why did bitcoin choose secp256k1 over secp256r1?
by
gmaxwell
on 04/09/2014, 10:39:33 UTC
Why would you do that (and bump this old thread) except for pure trolling purposes?  Considering that fact that secp256r1 has unexplainable mystery parameters I can't imagine anyone outside of the NSA promoting it.