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secp256k1

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Summary

secp256k1 is an elliptic curve over a finite field[1].

Key Facts

  • Author: SECG[2], Certicom[3]
  • Instance of: Koblitz curve[4], Mordell curve[5], technical standard[6]
  • Publication date: September 20, 2000[7]
  • Group cardinality: 115792089237316195423570985008687907852837564279074904382605163141518161494337[8]
  • Used by: Bitcoin[9]
  • Defining formula: y^{2}=x^{3}+7[10]
  • In defining formula: x[11], y[12]

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Works and Contributions

Authored works include SECG[2], a consortium[13] and Certicom[3], a business[14], founded in 1985[15], headquartered in Mississauga[16].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . secg.org. secg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [13] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [16] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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