[Pkg-bitcoin-devel] Bug#819887: ITP: libsecp256k1 -- library for EC operations on curve secp256k1

Sun Apr 3 14:03:21 UTC 2016

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Jonas Smedegaard <dr at jones.dk>

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* Package name    : libsecp256k1
  Version         : 0.1~20160216
  Upstream Author : Pieter Wuille <pieter.wuille at gmail.com>
* URL             : https://github.com/bitcoin/secp256k1
* License         : Expat
  Programming Lang: C
  Description     : library for EC operations on curve secp256k1

 An optimized C library for EC operations on curve secp256k1.
 .
 NB! This library is a work in progress and is being used to research
 best practices. Use at your own risk.
 .
 Features:
  * secp256k1 ECDSA signing/verification and key generation.
  * Adding/multiplying private/public keys.
  * Serialization/parsing of private keys, public keys, signatures.
  * Constant time, constant memory access signing and pubkey generation.
  * Derandomized DSA (via RFC6979 or with a caller provided function.)
  * Very efficient implementation.

Package will be maintained in the Debian Bitcoin Team.