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diff --git a/docs/CURVES.md b/docs/CURVES.md index a0454a3..78a5a4c 100644 --- a/docs/CURVES.md +++ b/docs/CURVES.md @@ -71,4 +71,9 @@ Generate manually using [PARI/GP](http://pari.math.u-bordeaux.fr/). ### cofactor Contains curves that are composite order, with points not on the subgroup generated by the generator. -Generated using [ecgen](https://github.com/J08nY/ecgen).
\ No newline at end of file +Generated using [ecgen](https://github.com/J08nY/ecgen). + +## Other + +### Wycheproof +Contains some test vectors from the [google/Wycheproof](https://github.com/google/wycheproof) project.
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