Paper 2022/274 Original: eprint.iacr.org/2022/274 ↗
EcGFp5: a Specialized Elliptic Curve
Abstract
We present here the design and implementation of ecGFp5, an elliptic curve meant for a specific compute model in which operations modulo a given 64-bit prime are especially efficient. This model is primarily intended for running operations in a virtual machine that produces and verifies zero-knowledge STARK proofs. We describe here the choice of a secure curve, amenable to safe cryptographic operations such as digital signatures, that maps to such models, while still providing reasonable performance on general purpose computers.
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- Available format(s)
PDF- Category
- Public-key cryptography
- Publication info
- Preprint.
- History
- 2022-03-02: last updated
- 2022-03-02: published
- Short URL
- https://ia.cr/2022/274
- License
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
BibTeX
@misc{cryptoeprint:2022/274,
author = {Thomas Pornin},
title = {EcGFp5: a Specialized Elliptic Curve},
howpublished = {Cryptology {ePrint} Archive, Paper 2022/274},
year = {2022},
url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2022/274}
}