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README: mention secp256k1
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This library provides key generation, signing, and verifying, for five
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popular NIST "Suite B" GF(p) curves, with key lengths of 192, 224, 256, 384,
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and 521 bits. The "short names" for these curves, as known by the OpenSSL
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tool, are: prime192v1, secp224r1, prime256v1, secp384r1, and secp521r1. No
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other curves are included, but it would not be too hard to add more.
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tool (`openssl ecparam --list_curves`), are: prime192v1, secp224r1,
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prime256v1, secp384r1, and secp521r1. It also includes the 256-bit curve used
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by Bitcoin, whose short name is secp256k1. No other curves are included, but
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it would not be too hard to add more.
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## Dependencies
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