Edit: just looked it up and the base point for curve25519 is x=9 so no point in recovering it.
In the early days of EC you were able to pick a custom base point, and then it was found that this could leak information in various ways. It’s not allowed in modern curves or implementations.
In the early days of EC you were able to pick a custom base point, and then it was found that this could leak information in various ways. It’s not allowed in modern curves or implementations.