Hello, > They relate to the type of elliptic curve. > > P is for polynomial basis curves. Also sometime referred to as prime > modulus curves. > > B is for normal basis curves I'm not sure, p-curves are prime filed elliptic curves GF(p) and all arithmetic is performed modulo p where p is treated as number (not polynomial). Points coordinates over this field are treated as numbers. b-curves are binary field elliptic curves GF(2m) and all arithmetic is performed modulo irreducible polynomial. Points coordinates over this field are treated as polynomials. This is my understanding of this suffixes.
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