Breaking

SGX Unveils Game-Changing Bitcoin and Ether Perpetual Futures for U.S. Investors – TECHINASIA Swiss Bitcoin Pay Halts Operations Following Security Breach That Exposes User Information Bitcoin Poised to Swing Between $82K and $76K Post-Fed Decision: Bitfinex Analysts Bitcoin Soars as Option Traders Bet Big for First Time in a Year; Futures Market Hits $52.64B Milestone

Bitcoin August 27, 2017

How were the secp256k1 base point coordinates decided?

79be667ef9dcbbac55a06295ce870b07029bfcdb2dce28d959f2815b16f81798,483ada7726a3c4655da4fbfc0e1108a8fd17b448a68554199c47d08ffb10d4b8 seems very random to me. I see how this point is on the curve, but how exactly was this specific point chosen to be the base point? Could other base points have worked?