Can EIP-7212 Solve Ethereum's UX?

Learn the details of EIP-7212, an Ethereum Improvement Proposal for secp256r1 Elliptic Curve Support. In this video, we'll cover everything you need to know about Ethereum's cryptography, elliptic curves, and why EIP-7212 could be a big UX improvement for Ethereum.

📚 Resources 📚

- Anders Brownworth Site: https://andersbrownworth.com/blockcha...
- Elliptic Curves Explained:    • Elliptic Curve Cryptography Overview  
- A tale of two elliptic curves by John D. Cook: https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2018/0...
- Apple Secure Enclave: https://support.apple.com/en-au/guide...
- Android Keystore: https://developer.android.com/privacy...
- Google Passkeys: https://blog.google/technology/safety...
- WebAuthn: https://webauthn.io/
- Protecting keys with the Secure Enclave: https://developer.apple.com/documenta...
- Account Abstraction Video:    • Why EIP-4337 Changes Web3 Forever  
- Renaud Dubois Paper - Speeding up elliptic computations for Ethereum Account Abstraction: https://eprint.iacr.org/2023/939
- PIP-27: https://forum.polygon.technology/t/pi...


⌚Timestamps ⌚

0:00 Introduction
0:27 What is EIP-7212?
1:09 Public/Private Key Pairs in Ethereum
3:15 Elliptic Curves in Ethereum
5:10 secp256k1 vs secp256r1
8:00 Signature Verification in Ethereum
15:03 Why does Ethereum use secp256k1?
19:35 How secp255r1 Works in iOS
23:28 Account Abstraction and secp256r1
31:30 Gas Issues with secp256r1 Signature Verification
34:45 EIP-7212: Precompiled Contract for secp256r1 Signature Verification
37:06 secp256r1 Support in Polygon (PIP-27)
37:33 Final thoughts - Subscribe!

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