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45	When using Curve25519, why does the private key always have a fixed bit at 2^254?
34	How long does it take to crack DES and AES?
29	What is so special about elliptic curves?
23	Why are the lower 3 bits of curve25519/ed25519 secret keys cleared during creation?
20	Distinguishing x25519 public keys from random?

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+20	When using Curve25519, why does the private key always have a fixed bit at 2^254?
+10	Need for 3 rounds in Luby Rackoff theorem
+10	Why Smart's attack doesn't work on this ECDLP?
+10	Why would anyone use an elliptic curve with a cofactor > 1?

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