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Why do elliptic curves require fewer bits for the same security level?

I'm studying the basics of cryptography and I didn't understand why elliptic curves use fewer bits. For example, finite-field Diffie-Hellman needs at least 1024 bit and it's a DLP, but elliptic ...
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