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NIST Elliptic Curves Seeds Bounty (2023) (https://words.filippo.io)

10 points by greyface- 1 day ago | 2 comments | View on ycombinator

pseudohadamard about 2 hours ago |

I'm not sure which is more worrying, "these parameters were generated after months of careful research by NSA mathematicians following detailed classified instructions that we'll never see" or "these parameters were kinda hacked together by an NSA guy having a bit of a laugh". It's hardly NUMS in either case.

xtajv about 23 hours ago |

I was disappointed to see RSA corp discontinue their prime bounties.

Glad to see this now :)