Fixed-base scalar mul via LSB set encoding #73
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The GLV-SAC paper introduces an alternative scalar multiplication for a fixed base.
For example signing is always done using the generator point as a fixed base
Multiplication and their Implementation on GLV-GLS
Curves (Extended Version)
Armando Faz-Hernández, Patrick Longa, Ana H. Sánchez, 2013
https://eprint.iacr.org/2013/158.pdf
This representation seems to be twice faster than simple 4-way endormorphism decomposition (without additional windowing optimization).
Note: while it uses 8 times more memory, that memory is allocated directly in the binary, not RAM.
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