From efa556aa063c9222a9185cb8a9110ff191614f08 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Anthony Towns Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2019 10:11:10 +1000 Subject: [PATCH] public keys aren't identical --- bip-schnorr.mediawiki | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/bip-schnorr.mediawiki b/bip-schnorr.mediawiki index e96ee44a..b921b180 100644 --- a/bip-schnorr.mediawiki +++ b/bip-schnorr.mediawiki @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ made: [[File:bip-schnorr/speedup-batch.png|frame|This graph shows the ratio between the time it takes to verify ''n'' signatures individually and to verify a batch of ''n'' signatures. This ratio goes up logarithmically with the number of signatures, or in other words: the total time to verify ''n'' signatures grows with ''O(n / log n)''.]] -By reusing the same curve as Bitcoin has used for ECDSA, private and public keys remain identical for Schnorr signatures, and we avoid introducing new assumptions about elliptic curve group security. +By reusing the same curve as Bitcoin has used for ECDSA, we are able to retain existing mechanisms for choosing private and public keys, and we avoid introducing new assumptions about elliptic curve group security. == Description ==