From e83a32639b93727c142a5cdf703082b29a7b1633 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Henry de Valence Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2018 17:34:06 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Add Ristretto note to intro --- README.md | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 69456c9..6ce3dd8 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ implementing a wide range of ECC-based crypto protocols, such as key agreement, signatures, anonymous credentials, rangeproofs, and zero-knowledge proof systems. +In particular, `curve25519-dalek` implements Ristretto, which constructs a +prime-order group from a non-prime-order Edwards curve. This provides the +speed and safety benefits of Edwards curve arithmetic, without the pitfalls of +cofactor-related abstraction mismatches. + ## WARNING We do not yet consider this code to be production-ready. We intend to