Author: Mike Hearn 2012-06-17 11:01:12
Published on: 2012-06-17T11:01:12+00:00
The context is related to the different formats used for representing elliptic curve points. There are three formats, uncompressed format (0x04) which uses 32-byte X coord and 32-byte Y coord, hybrid format for even Y coords (0x06) which also uses 32-byte X coord and 32-byte Y coord and hybrid format for odd Y coords (0x07) which uses the same 32-byte X coord and 32-byte Y coord as 0x06. The difference between these formats is not just limited to the first number but varies based on the type of format used.
Updated on: 2023-06-06T05:29:49.729777+00:00