Ed, RIP
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3 min readDec 8, 2020
Harold Edwards [here] passed away on 10 November 2020 but left an amazing legacy in computer security. One of his classic papers led to the creation of the Edwards Curve:
The basic form is y² = x² + ax +b, but we can also have a Montgomery curve which is y²=x³+ax²+x. In 2008, Dan…
