[curves] Pseudo-word length patterns for curve-sized base32 strings

Robert Ransom rransom.8774 at gmail.com
Wed Jan 29 05:58:13 PST 2014


On 1/29/14, Robert Ransom <rransom.8774 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 195 bits (39 chars): [6,5,4,3,7,2,5,4,3]

> 195-bit, 205-bit, and 255-bit sequences are roughly the
> right size for group elements in EC groups over 195-bit, 206-bit, and
> 255-bit coordinate fields.

And... I should have chosen a 190-bit pattern to match the nice field
2^190 - 11, not a 195-bit pattern.  Oh well.


Robert Ransom


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