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Chapter 1: The secp256k1 Elliptic Curve — Complete Specification

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Chapter 1: The secp256k1 Elliptic Curve — Complete Specification

1.1 Domain Parameters

Bitcoin uses the secp256k1 curve as defined by the Standards for Efficient Cryptography (SEC 2, version 2.0). These are the exact bytes that define the curve:

```
p = 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFEFFFFFC2F
  = 2²⁵⁶ − 2³² − 2⁹ − 2⁸ − 2⁷ − 2⁶ − 2⁴ − 1
  = 115792089237316195423570985008687907853269984665640564039457584007908834671663

a = 0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
b = 0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000007

Gx = 0x79BE667EF9DCBBAC55A06295CE870B07029BFCDB2DCE28D959F2815B16F81798
Gy = 0x483ADA7726A3C4655DA4FBFC0E1108A8FD17B448A68554199C47D08FFB10D4B8

n = 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFEBAAEDCE6AF48A03BBFD25E8CD0364141
  = 115792089237316195423570985008687907852837564279074904382605163141518161494337

h = 1 (cofactor — the curve order equals the group order, no subgroups)
```

Why These Numbers?

Parameter Purpose
p Pseudo-Mersenne prime — choosing p = 2²⁵⁶ − (2³² + 2⁹ + 2⁸ + 2⁷ + 2⁶ + 2⁴ + 1) = 2²⁵⁶ − 2³² − 977 makes modular reduction extremely efficient because the modulus is so close to a power of 2
a = 0, b = 7 Makes it a Koblitz curve (special endomorphism property)
n Order of the group generated by G; it is prime, making the group cyclic of prime order
h = 1 Every non-infinity point generates the full curve group — no small subgroups for twist attacks (though the twist itself has h=2, which matters for certain attacks)

---

1.2 The Curve Equation — Group Law in Affine Coordinates

The curve is defined over F_p (the finite field of integers modulo p):

```
E: y² ≡ x³ + 7 (mod p)
```

Point at infinity: O — the identity element of the group.

Point Addition

Given P₁ = (x₁, y₁), P₂ = (x₂, y₂) with P₁, P₂ ≠ O and P₁ ≠ ±P₂:

```
λ = (y₂ − y₁) × (x₂ − x₁)⁻¹  (mod p)
x₃ = λ² − x₁ − x₂             (mod p)
y₃ = λ × (x₁ − x₃) − y₁       (mod p)
```

Point Doubling

Given P = (x₁, y₁) with P ≠ O and P ≠ −P:

```
λ = (3 × x₁²) × (2 × y₁)⁻¹   (mod p)
x₃ = λ² − 2 × x₁              (mod p)
y₃ = λ × (x₁ − x₃) − y₁       (mod p)
```

Negation

```
−(x, y) = (x, −y mod p)
```

⚠️ Performance Note: The modular inverse (·)⁻¹ is the most expensive operation — ~50-100× slower than multiplication. This motivates Jacobian coordinates.

---

1.3 Jacobian Projective Coordinates

Instead of (x, y), represent points as (X, Y, Z) where:

```
x = X × Z⁻²  (mod p)
y = Y × Z⁻³  (mod p)
```

The curve equation in Jacobian form:

```
Y² = X³ + 7 × Z⁶
```

Infinity point: Z = 0 (i.e., (1, 1, 0) by convention).

Mixed Addition (Z₂ = 1)

Adding a Jacobian point to an affine point (one with Z=1) avoids Z-normalization.

Full Jacobian Addition

Given P₁ = (X₁, Y₁, Z₁), P₂ = (X₂, Y₂, Z₂):

```
U1 = X₁ × Z₂²        (mod p)
U2 = X₂ × Z₁²        (mod p)
S1 = Y₁ × Z₂³        (mod p)
S2 = Y₂ × Z₁³        (mod p)
H  = U2 − U1         (mod p)
R  = S2 − S1         (mod p)

X₃ = R² − H³ − 2×U1×H²   (mod p)
Y₃ = R×(U1×H² − X₃) − S1×H³   (mod p)
Z₃ = H × Z₁ × Z₂     (mod p)
```

Cost: 12 multiplications + 4 squarings per full addition. No inversions!

Jacobian Doubling

```
t = 3 × X₁² + a × Z₁⁴   (mod p)   [a = 0 for secp256k1, so t = 3×X₁²]

X₃ = t² − 8 × X₁ × Y₁²   (mod p)
Y₃ = t × (4 × X₁ × Y₁² − X₃) − 8 × Y₁⁴   (mod p)
Z₃ = 2 × Y₁ × Z₁         (mod p)
```

Cost: 4 multiplications + 4 squarings per doubling.

---

1.4 The GLV Endomorphism — secp256k1's Secret Weapon

secp256k1 has an efficiently computable endomorphism — a special property that lets you decompose a 256-bit scalar multiplication into two 128-bit scalar multiplications, effectively halving computation time.

The Endomorphism

Define the function φ:

```
φ(x, y) = (β × x mod p, y)
```

Where β is a cube root of unity in F_p (specifically β³ ≡ 1 mod p, β ≠ 1):

```
β = 0x7AE96A2B657C07106E64479EAC3434E99CF0497512F58995C1396C28719501EE
```

For any point P on the curve, φ(P) is also on the curve. Moreover, this function acts as scalar multiplication:

```
φ(P) = λ × P
```

Where:

```
λ = 0x5363AD4CC05C30E0A5261C028812645A122E22EA20816678DF02967C1B23BD72
```

And it's a cube root of unity in the scalar field F_n:

```
λ³ ≡ 1 (mod n)
λ² + λ + 1 ≡ 0 (mod n)
```

How It Speeds Up Multiplication

To compute k × P where k is a 256-bit scalar:

1. Decompose k into two 128-bit scalars k₁, k₂ such that:
   ```
   k ≡ k₁ + k₂ × λ (mod n)
   ```
   with |k₁|, |k₂| < √n
2. Compute:
   ```
   k × P = k₁ × P + k₂ × φ(P) = k₁ × P + k₂ × λ × P
   ```
3. Since φ(P) = (βx, y), computing k₂ × φ(P) uses the same add/double circuit but the x-coordinates are multiplied by β at each step — a single field multiplication per point operation.
4. The two multiplications k₁ × P and k₂ × φ(P) happen in parallel using interleaved wNAF (windowed Non-Adjacent Form) with a joint sparse representation.

Performance Gain

~40-50% reduction in multiplication time vs. non-GLV code. Combined with wNAF with window size 4-6, a full 256-bit multiplication takes approximately:

· ~270 Jacobian doublings
· ~45 Jacobian additions

Instead of 256 doublings + ~66 additions without GLV.

---

1.5 Scalar Multiplication Algorithms

1.5.1 Double-and-Add (NAIVE — DON'T USE)

```
result = O
for bit in bits(k) from MSB to LSB:
    result = double(result)
    if bit == 1:
        result = add(result, P)
return result
```

Time: ~256 doublings + ~128 additions. NOT constant-time.

---

1.5.2 wNAF (Windowed Non-Adjacent Form)

Precompute [P, 3P, 5P, ..., (2^w-1)P] for window size w.

The scalar k is encoded in Non-Adjacent Form (no two consecutive non-zero digits) with digits in {0, ±1, ±3, ..., ±(2^w-1)}:

```
k = Σ(ki × 2^i) where ki ∈ {0, ±1, ±3, ..., ±(2^w-1)} and ki × ki+1 = 0
```

Then:

```
result = O
for i from m-1 down to 0:
    result = double(result)
    if ki > 0:
        result = add(result, P[ki])
    elif ki < 0:
        result = add(result, neg(P[|ki|]))
return result
```

For w=5: ~256 doublings + ~51 additions (average). 2.5× faster than double-and-add.

---

1.5.3 Montgomery Ladder (Constant-Time)

```
R0 = O
R1 = P

for i from 255 down to 0:
    if k[i] == 0:
        R1 = add(R1, R0)
        R0 = double(R0)
    else:
        R0 = add(R0, R1)
        R1 = double(R1)

return R0
```

Every iteration does exactly one addition and one doubling — regardless of the bit value. This prevents timing and power analysis side-channels.

---

1.5.4 Straus's Algorithm (Shamir's Trick)

For computing a × G + b × Q:

1. Precompute table of i × G + j × Q for small i, j
2. Process bits of (a, b) simultaneously
3. Each step: double the accumulator, then add one entry from the table

This is used inside Kangaroo/BSGS for batch point operations.

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PART I: FOUNDATIONS — HOW BITCOIN WORKS

1.1 Public-Key Cryptography Overview

Bitcoin's security model is built entirely on asymmetric (public-key) cryptography. Every Bitcoin user controls a private key (a secret 256-bit integer) from which a public key is derived, and from that public key, a Bitcoin address is hashed. The system works because:

· Derivation is easy: private key → public key (one-way scalar multiplication on an elliptic curve)
· Inversion is computationally infeasible: public key → private key (the Elliptic Curve Discrete Logarithm Problem, ECDLP)

***

1.2 secp256k1 — The Elliptic Curve

Bitcoin uses the secp256k1 curve, defined by the Standards for Efficient Cryptography Group (SECG):

Curve equation: y² = x³ + 7 (over the field Fₚ)

Prime modulus p:

```
p = 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFEFFFFFC2F
  = 2²⁵⁶ − 2³² − 2⁹ − 2⁸ − 2⁷ − 2⁶ − 2⁴ − 1
```

Order n:

```
n = 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFEBAAEDCE6AF48A03BBFD25E8CD0364141
```

Generator point G:

```
Gx = 0x79BE667EF9DCBBAC55A06295CE870B07029BFCDB2DCE28D959F2815B16F81798
Gy = 0x483ADA7726A3C4655DA4FBFC0E1108A8FD17B448A68554199C47D08FFB10D4B8
```

Cofactor h = 1

Key Properties

· p ≈ 2²⁵⁶ — the field is a 256-bit prime field
· n ≈ 2²⁵⁶ — the curve order is also \~2²⁵⁶, meaning private keys are uniformly distributed in \[1, n−1]
· Koblitz curve (a = 0, b = 7) — chosen for efficiency; has special endomorphism properties that speed up computation by \~2x
· p ≡ 3 (mod 4) — enables efficient square root computation via Euler's criterion: √y = y^((p+1)/4) mod p

***

1.3 ECDSA — Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm

When you spend Bitcoin, you produce an ECDSA signature proving you know the private key without revealing it.

Key Generation

```
Private key:  d = random integer in [1, n−1]
Public key:   Q = d × G  (elliptic curve scalar multiplication)
```

Signing (spending Bitcoin)

1. Generate random nonce k ∈ \[1, n−1]
2. Compute R = k × G, let r = R.x mod n
3. Compute s = k⁻¹ × (hash(message) + d × r) mod n
4. Signature = (r, s)

Verification

5. Compute u₁ = hash(message) × s⁻¹ mod n
6. Compute u₂ = r × s⁻¹ mod n
7. Compute R' = u₁ × G + u₂ × Q
8. Valid if R'.x ≡ r (mod n)

Critical Security Note

The nonce k MUST be:

· Unique per signature — reusing k with the same private key lets anyone compute:

```
d = (s₁ − s₂)⁻¹ × (k₁ − k₂)... 
```

but with same k, r is the same and the private key falls out trivially.
· Random — if k is predictable or biased, lattice attacks can recover the key from multiple signatures (the HackerOne PS3 incident, the Android Java RNG disaster, and numerous blockchain hacks).

***

Why Public Key Exposure Changes Everything

A Bitcoin address is a hash of the public key (RIPEMD-160 of SHA-256). When you spend from an address, the public key is revealed in the transaction input. Before that moment, an attacker only sees the hash — they cannot even apply ECDLP algorithms.

This is the fundamental security layering of Bitcoin:

Status What attacker sees Attack complexity
Unspent P2PKH address Only the hash Must brute-force the private key space: O(2²⁵⁶)
After first spend Public key is revealed Can apply Pollard's Kangaroo: O(2¹²⁸)
P2PK (Pay-to-Public-Key) Public key visible from the start Always vulnerable to ECDLP solvers

***

1.4 Bitcoin Address Types

P2PK (Pay to Public Key)

```
Script: <pubkey> OP_CHECKSIG
```

· Public key directly visible on-chain — never hashed
· Used in early Bitcoin (2009-2010), including Satoshi's coins
· Always vulnerable to quantum/ECDLP attacks since the key is exposed

P2PKH (Pay to Public Key Hash) — Legacy addresses (1...)

```
Script: OP_DUP OP_HASH160 <pubkey_hash> OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG
Address = Base58Check(RIPEMD160(SHA256(pubkey)))
```

· Starts with '1' (e.g., 1BgGZ9tcN4rm9KBzDn7KprQz87SZ26SAMH)
· Public key hidden until first spend

P2SH (Pay to Script Hash) — 3... addresses

· Address starts with '3'
· Can wrap SegWit (P2SH-P2WPKH)

P2WPKH (Native SegWit) — bc1q... addresses

· Bech32 encoded
· Lower fees, signature malleability fixed
· Still hashes the public key until first spend

P2TR (Taproot) — bc1p... addresses

· Schnorr signatures, not ECDSA
· Key aggregation, MAST, better privacy

***

1.5 Transaction Structure

A Bitcoin transaction has:

· Inputs: references to previous outputs + unlocking script (signature + public key)
· Outputs: value + locking script (recipient address conditions)

The Funding Transaction

The funding transaction for the puzzle (TXID: 08389f34c98c606322740c0be6a7125d9860bb8d5cb182c02f98461e5fa6cd15) created 256 outputs, each locked to a different address with progressively increasing amounts.

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