The seeds of the NIST elliptic curves (P-256, P-386, etc.) were selected by the NSA and are rumored to be like
SHA-1("Jerry and Alice deserve a raise. 1398")
However, Jerry Solinas, who picked them, forgot them and then passed away this year.
We should crack them!
I'm announcing a $8,192 bounty (tripled if donated to charity) for anyone cracking these hashes and solving this mystery.
https://words.filippo.io/dispatches/seeds-bounty/
Filippo Valsorda :go: /
npub1wh…akn2m
2023-10-05 21:55:59
Author Public Key
npub1whzyg92c6fsvpjjcnn504z0a2pfwenctp872sgmedqg2np4drj8qwakn2mPublished at
2023-10-05 21:55:59Event JSON
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"pubkey": "75c4441558d260c0ca589ce8fa89fd5052eccf0b09fca823796810a986ad1c8e",
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"kind": 1,
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"content": "The seeds of the NIST elliptic curves (P-256, P-386, etc.) were selected by the NSA and are rumored to be like\n\nSHA-1(\"Jerry and Alice deserve a raise. 1398\")\n\nHowever, Jerry Solinas, who picked them, forgot them and then passed away this year.\n\nWe should crack them!\n\nI'm announcing a $8,192 bounty (tripled if donated to charity) for anyone cracking these hashes and solving this mystery.\n\nhttps://words.filippo.io/dispatches/seeds-bounty/",
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}