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by tinganho 2207 days ago
Basically, doing this now. I tried to implement x25519 in a highly optimized way in cpp/c and I’m in my 8 month. I dogged through countless of articles and learned a ton of abstract algebra. Though, I still feel like a beginner in this field.

I’ve done a few hard projects in my career (compilers, and graphic editor). And I think implementing a elliptic curve in a optimized way, without a math library, must be one of the hardest thing in programming.