This library implements the BW6_761 curve generated in [EG20]. The name denotes that it is a curve generated using the Brezing--Weng method, and that its embedding degree is 6. The main feature of this curve is that the scalar field equals the base field of the BLS12_377 curve.
Curve information:
- Base field: q = 6891450384315732539396789682275657542479668912536150109513790160209623422243491736087683183289411687640864567753786613451161759120554247759349511699125301598951605099378508850372543631423596795951899700429969112842764913119068299
- Scalar field: r = 258664426012969094010652733694893533536393512754914660539884262666720468348340822774968888139573360124440321458177
- valuation(q - 1, 2) = 1
- valuation(r - 1, 2) = 46
G1 curve equation: y2 = x3 + ax + b, where
- a = 0,
- b = -1,
G2 curve equation: y2 = x3 + Ax + B
- A = 0
- B = 4