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by stock_toaster 4666 days ago

  > We will also be adding support for something no other provider is currently offering called Elliptic Curve Cryptographic security, with both 256bit and 521bit curves.
Any particular reason to not offer 384bit as well?

ps. likely a typo: 521 should be 512?

edit: Nope. 521 is correct[1]. thanks @mtoledo

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliptic_curve_cryptography#ci...

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"The sequence may seem suggestive of a typographic error. Nevertheless, the last value is 521 and not 512 bits."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliptic_curve_cryptography#ci...

oh interesting. ha. thanks for that!