[bitcoin-dev] Schnorr signatures BIP

Russell O'Connor roconnor at blockstream.io
Mon Aug 6 14:00:59 UTC 2018


On Mon, Aug 6, 2018 at 4:39 AM, Anthony Towns <aj at erisian.com.au> wrote:

> On Sun, Aug 05, 2018 at 10:33:52AM -0400, Russell O'Connor via bitcoin-dev
> wrote:
> > In light of this, I revise my proposed change to make the verification
> > equation
> >
> > R + sG + eP = 0.
>
> Isn't the verification equation "R + s(-G) + eP = 0" equally good, then,
> since -G is a constant? (ie, at worst it's a matter of optimising the
> verifier for -G as well as G)
>

Yes you are right.

Thanks, I withdraw my proposal.
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