May 1, 2026

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?

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manually signing bitcoin transaction

I’m trying to create a BTC transaction with one input and two outputs, one for change and one OP_RETURN to anchor data. And I’m doing all of that on my regtest backend. The raw unsigned […]

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