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btcec
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[![ISC License](http://img.shields.io/badge/license-ISC-blue.svg)](http://copyfree.org)
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btcec implements elliptic curve cryptography needed for working with
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Bitcoin (secp256k1 only for now). It is designed so that it may be used with the
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standard crypto/ecdsa packages provided with go. A comprehensive suite of test
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is provided to ensure proper functionality. Package btcec was originally based
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on work from ThePiachu which is licensed under the same terms as Go, but it has
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signficantly diverged since then.
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