github.com/klaytn/klaytn@v1.12.1/crypto/secp256k1/doc.go (about)

     1  // Copyright 2018 The klaytn Authors
     2  // Copyright 2015 The go-ethereum Authors
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    18  // This file is derived from crypto/secp256k1/secp256.go (2018/06/04).
    19  // Modified and improved for the klaytn development.
    20  
    21  /*
    22  Package secp256k1 wraps the bitcoin secp256k1 C library.
    23  
    24  secp256k1 refers to the parameters of the elliptic curve used in Bitcoin's public-key cryptography and is defined in Standards for Efficient Cryptography (SEC)(Certicom Research, http://www.secg.org/sec2-v2.pdf).
    25  
    26  Package secp256k1 provides wrapper functions to utilize the library functions in Go.
    27  
    28  Source Files
    29  
    30  Each source file has the following contents
    31   - secp256.go  : Provides wrapper functions to utilize the secp256k1 library written in C
    32   - curve.go    : Implements Koblitz elliptic curves
    33   - panic_cb.go : Provides callbacks for converting libsecp256k1 internal faults into recoverable Go panics
    34   - schnorr.go  : Implements Schnorr signature algorithm. It is planned to be used in Klaytn
    35  */
    36  package secp256k1