Ben Black represents Microsoft in the CFRG curve standard discussion. Hamburg and Ladd design and break elliptic curves for a living.
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@bascule It seems really dumb to me; I see only one person arguing for not just standardizing Curve25519 and Ed25519. -
@tqbf pretty much -
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@matthew_d_green@bascule@tqbf huh. Got a link? I'd like to understand the reasoning. -
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@matthew_d_green@lvh@tqbf a huge part of prime selection seems to be finding ones with "mechanical sympathy", e.g. Ed448-Goldilocks -
@matthew_d_green@lvh@tqbf in a perfect world I think the CFRG would just pick Curve25519 and Ed448-Goldilocks and call it a day
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@bascule In fact, it seems like the all time classic standards group foulup: start with something simple, complicate needlessly.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@bascule I hope it keeps going like this so I can write a blog post with a decoder ring for stuff like isogenies and cofactors.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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