I believe libsecp256k1 just performs Elliptic Curve operations required by Bitcoin. OpenSSL is used for all other crypto.
For instance the PRNG appears to be OpenSSL: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/src/random.h On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 8:39 PM, Andrew C via bitcoin-dev <[email protected]> wrote: > In the release notes for 0.12, it says that we have moved from using OpenSSL > to libsecp256k1 for signature validation. So what else is it being used for > that we need to keep it as a dependency? > > Thanks, > Andrew > > _______________________________________________ > bitcoin-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev > _______________________________________________ bitcoin-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev
