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bitpay / ruby-client

Powerful, flexible, lightweight SDK for the BitPay Bitcoin Payment Gateway API.
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secp256k1 curve not supported on any fedora based platform #47

Closed sylvainsf closed 9 years ago

sylvainsf commented 9 years ago

SDK is unable to establish any client connections from Fedora/RHEL/CentOS hosts due to the curve used for keys/signing.

ionux commented 9 years ago

Working with Bitcoin on Fedora is generally a problem all around due, in part, to it's hobbled OpenSSL binary with really limited (or no) ECC support. I believe it has something to do with questions concerning ECC patents. There are some third-party repo's that provide a complete OpenSSL implementation that may work or you could compile your own version of it with the correct crypto support.

sylvainsf commented 9 years ago

What about posting to a rest api endpoint requires bitcoin crypto? On Aug 28, 2015 2:36 PM, "Rich Morgan" notifications@github.com wrote:

Working with Bitcoin on Fedora is generally a problem all around due, in part, to it's hobbled OpenSSL binary with really limited (or no) ECC support. I believe it has something to do with questions concerning ECC patents. There are some third-party repo's that provide a complete OpenSSL implementation that may work or you could compile your own version of it with the correct crypto support.

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub https://github.com/bitpay/ruby-client/issues/47#issuecomment-135894206.

ionux commented 9 years ago

BitPay's cryptographically-secure API uses the same ECC to create asymmetric keypairs and digital signatures for requests issued to non-public API endpoints. Without the base crypto support to create these keys and signatures, calling anything other than public endpoints won't work.