- From: <nobody@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2015 19:45:14 +0000
- To: public-webcrypto@w3.org
https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=29005
Bug ID: 29005
Summary: Add support for secp256k1 curve
Product: Web Cryptography
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: P2
Component: Web Cryptography API Document
Assignee: sleevi@google.com
Reporter: rajeshj@gmail.com
CC: public-webcrypto@w3.org
Target Milestone: ---
Bitcoin uses the secp256k1 curve for generating signing keys. Even though this
is not a standard NIST curve, it is part of the published specifications by
SECG (see: http://www.secg.org/sec2-v2.pdf).
Moreover, a number of browser based (both plugins and web page based) bitcoin
wallets use the SJCL (https://crypto.stanford.edu/sjcl/) library for bitcoin
transaction creation. This is less desirable than native browser support for
cryptographic operations. Adding this curve to the Web Crypto standard would
allow browser vendors to include this as part of their standard offering.
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