This is a fantastic idea. Thanks for the concept; I wrote this paper to discuss what you could do with this:
https://github.com/MiWCryptoCurrency/UTXOC/blob/master/UTXOCv1.pdf?raw=true
The git repository also has scripts:
https://github.com/MiWCryptoCurrency/UTXOC/
* eckey2coin.py (to easily generate the address + QR code, based on pycoin key utils (ku).
* utxocsr.py (to generate a certificate signing request from a raw EC key; and embed the transaction hash in the x509v3 Subject Alternative Name.
Topic: X.509 certificate w. secp256k1? (Read 1252 times)
It should work but such a certificate would be very unusual.
Perfect. Thanks for the information 12648430.
Yes, you can do it with openssl. Command line example:
Code:
openssl ecparam -out ec_key.pem -name secp256k1 -genkey
openssl req -new -key ec_key.pem -x509 -nodes -days 365 -out cert.pem
Quick question that Google doesn't seem to know the answer to: do X.509 certificates (the kind used in the new bitcoin payment protocol) support signatures using bitcoin's secp256k1 elliptic curve? It seems that RSA is the most commonly used.
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