Many ask me since our yesterday’s post around EdDSA Vs ECDSA quantum safety readiness and Bitcoin: Q: why didn’t Satoshi use EdDSA in Bitcoin? A: Satoshi couldn’t have used EdDSA in Bitcoin because it simply didn’t exist yet when Bitcoin was created. EdDSA was invented in 2011, a few years after Bitcoin’s creation (2008–2009).
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