Toy curve · 56-bit

you send

The secret k, as a decimal or 0x hex number.

we check

Computes k·G on the curve and compares it with Q.

score

Solved or not. First solve gets 3 points, later solves 1.

how hard

an hour or so on a laptop

{
  "id": "ed-56",
  "kind": "toy-ed25519-dlp",
  "curve": "-x^2 + y^2 = 1 + d*x^2*y^2 (mod p), the Ed25519 shape (a = -1)",
  "p": "702313265422750621",
  "d": "518434460667431956",
  "order": "702313266625085032",
  "l": "87789158328135629",
  "cofactor": 8,
  "G": [
    "90706345899962817",
    "322788951690749102"
  ],
  "Q": [
    "665166850256146115",
    "621108413611981576"
  ],
  "howMade": "p = next prime = 5 mod 8 above 2^(bits+3) + offset; d = first non-square SHA-256(\"polytime/ed-toy-<bits>/d/<i>\") mod p giving order 8*l with l prime; G and Q hashed to the curve from \"polytime/ed-toy-<bits>/G|Q/<counter>\" then multiplied by 8. Nobody, including us, knows k.",
  "answer": {
    "k": "decimal or 0x-hex integer with k*G = Q"
  }
}