20 lines
981 B
Go
20 lines
981 B
Go
// Copyright (c) 2013-2014 The btcsuite developers
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// Use of this source code is governed by an ISC
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// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
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// Package btcec implements support for the elliptic curves needed for bitcoin.
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//
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// Bitcoin uses elliptic curve cryptography using koblitz curves
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// (specifically secp256k1) for cryptographic functions. See
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// http://www.secg.org/collateral/sec2_final.pdf for details on the
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// standard.
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//
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// This package provides the data structures and functions implementing the
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// crypto/elliptic Curve interface in order to permit using these curves
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// with the standard crypto/ecdsa package provided with go. Helper
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// functionality is provided to parse signatures and public keys from
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// standard formats. It was designed for use with btcd, but should be
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// general enough for other uses of elliptic curve crypto. It was originally based
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// on some initial work by ThePiachu, but has significantly diverged since then.
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package btcec
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