rust-bitcoin/rust-secp256k1

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Rust language bindings for Bitcoin secp256k1 library.

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Indexed issues: 70

Dominant language: C
License: CC0-1.0
Last GitHub push: Aug 17, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 19, 2026
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`ElligatorSwift::shared_secret_with_hasher` aborts if the user-provided hasher panics. Open

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rust-bitcoin/rust-secp256k1#906 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 24, 2026
`secp256k1` ECDSA grind signing panics for out-of-range `bytes_to_grind` Open

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rust-bitcoin/rust-secp256k1#905 · 8 comments · Opened Jun 29, 2026
Use tcharding as a guineepig Open

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rust-bitcoin/rust-secp256k1#900 · 1 reaction · Opened Feb 27, 2026
REPOSITORY MIGRATION MARKER Open

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rust-bitcoin/rust-secp256k1#899 · Opened Feb 26, 2026
Consider replacing the `rand` dependency with just `getrandom` Open

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rust-bitcoin/rust-secp256k1#881 · 3 comments · Opened Jan 20, 2026
Why do we provide schnorr signing with aux randomness? Open

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rust-bitcoin/rust-secp256k1#877 · 1 comment · Opened Nov 21, 2025
Size constants are confusingly named Open

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rust-bitcoin/rust-secp256k1#875 · 5 comments · Opened Nov 11, 2025
Add missing changelog for `secp256k1-sys v0.11.0` Open

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rust-bitcoin/rust-secp256k1#867 · Opened Oct 10, 2025
Add an labeller bot to mark PRs per crate Open

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rust-bitcoin/rust-secp256k1#866 · Opened Oct 10, 2025
Remove all the FIXMEs from `test/api.rs` Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

rust-bitcoin/rust-secp256k1#859 · Opened Sep 24, 2025
`Keypair` should have a constructor from a secret key and public key Open

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rust-bitcoin/rust-secp256k1#857 · Opened Sep 20, 2025
Follow up #844 Open

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rust-bitcoin/rust-secp256k1#856 · 3 comments · Opened Sep 17, 2025
Finish off removing context Open

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rust-bitcoin/rust-secp256k1#850 · 5 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Sep 11, 2025
Review usage of `ffi::secp256k1_context_no_precomp` Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

rust-bitcoin/rust-secp256k1#846 · 2 comments · Opened Sep 10, 2025
Release `v0.32.0`? Open

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rust-bitcoin/rust-secp256k1#839 · 9 comments · Opened Aug 19, 2025
Should `PublicKey`'s `Debug` show the compact form? Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 35/100

rust-bitcoin/rust-secp256k1#835 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 15, 2025
Use `ptr::cast` for `*const` casting Open

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rust-bitcoin/rust-secp256k1#829 · 1 reaction · Opened Aug 6, 2025
Put an `UnsafeCell` on the `static mut` context Open

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rust-bitcoin/rust-secp256k1#820 · Opened Jul 5, 2025
Entropy handling Open

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rust-bitcoin/rust-secp256k1#814 · 8 comments · Opened Jun 25, 2025
Context tracking meta-issue (2025) Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 15/100

rust-bitcoin/rust-secp256k1#813 · Opened Jun 24, 2025
Investigate use of bindgen for producing bindings Open

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rust-bitcoin/rust-secp256k1#775 · 7 comments · Opened Jan 27, 2025
Build fault when --target wasm32-unknown-unknown --release Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

rust-bitcoin/rust-secp256k1#769 · 3 comments · Opened Dec 20, 2024
`secp256k1-sys` v0.10.1 fails to compile on `thumbv7em-none-eabi` target Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

rust-bitcoin/rust-secp256k1#766 · 5 comments · Opened Nov 20, 2024
Investigate running tests in Valgrind Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

rust-bitcoin/rust-secp256k1#756 · 3 comments · Opened Oct 21, 2024
Tidy up ellswift before the next major version release Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100

rust-bitcoin/rust-secp256k1#754 · 1 comment · Opened Oct 18, 2024
secp256k1-sys 0.10.1 compilation fails on Windows using Rust 1.63.0 Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

rust-bitcoin/rust-secp256k1#748 · 5 comments · Opened Sep 27, 2024
`SecretKey::secret_bytes()` and `Index<FullRante> for SecretKey` contradict each other Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

rust-bitcoin/rust-secp256k1#724 · 6 comments · Opened Aug 24, 2024
Why is `global-context-less-secure` a feature? Open

1.0

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rust-bitcoin/rust-secp256k1#713 · 18 comments · Opened Jul 25, 2024
We should also probably make `AlignedType` contain `MaybeUninit` or something like that, as the C code might write padding bytes to it. Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

rust-bitcoin/rust-secp256k1#707 · 3 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Jul 6, 2024
`PublicKey::combine_keys` doesn't have to fail on long slices Open

enhancement

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

rust-bitcoin/rust-secp256k1#704 · 13 comments · Opened Jul 3, 2024
Macro with same name in rust-bitcoin is quite different Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

rust-bitcoin/rust-secp256k1#696 · 3 comments · 1 reaction · Opened May 12, 2024
What does `SECP256K1_API` do? Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

rust-bitcoin/rust-secp256k1#680 · 7 comments · Opened Feb 4, 2024
Cross compile from x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu to aarch64-apple-darwin fails Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

rust-bitcoin/rust-secp256k1#679 · 3 comments · Opened Feb 3, 2024
`preallocated_*` promotes unsoundness Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

rust-bitcoin/rust-secp256k1#665 · 3 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Nov 10, 2023
Stabalization - roadmap to v1.0 Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 15/100

rust-bitcoin/rust-secp256k1#662 · 8 comments · Opened Nov 1, 2023
Make the library safer to dynamically link? Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

rust-bitcoin/rust-secp256k1#657 · 1 comment · Opened Oct 25, 2023
`secp256k1`: Remove `secp256k1_sys` types from the public API Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

rust-bitcoin/rust-secp256k1#655 · 4 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Oct 24, 2023
ESP32C3 RISCV Support Open

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rust-bitcoin/rust-secp256k1#654 · 5 comments · Opened Oct 14, 2023
Rethink context objects Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

rust-bitcoin/rust-secp256k1#637 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Aug 2, 2023
Improvements to error handling Open

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rust-bitcoin/rust-secp256k1#633 · 5 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jul 23, 2023
Link dynamically with system-provided libsecp256k1 instead of bundling Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

rust-bitcoin/rust-secp256k1#629 · 8 comments · Opened Jul 15, 2023
Improve definition of the `Message` struct Open

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rust-bitcoin/rust-secp256k1#619 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 24, 2023
Depend on `hex-conservative` Open

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rust-bitcoin/rust-secp256k1#614 · 1 reaction · Opened May 18, 2023
`impl_arr_new_type` makes it slightly awkward to write downstream code with fuzzing feature Open

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rust-bitcoin/rust-secp256k1#596 · 5 comments · Opened Apr 1, 2023
linking with `avr-gcc` failed Open

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rust-bitcoin/rust-secp256k1#580 · 15 comments · Opened Feb 9, 2023
`NonZeroScalar` for `mul_tweak` Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

rust-bitcoin/rust-secp256k1#568 · 2 comments · Opened Dec 20, 2022
Implement Zeroize Open

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rust-bitcoin/rust-secp256k1#553 · 19 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Dec 1, 2022
`AlignedType` and `MaybeUninit` Open

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rust-bitcoin/rust-secp256k1#545 · 2 reactions · Opened Nov 30, 2022
Context overhaul tracking issue Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

rust-bitcoin/rust-secp256k1#538 · 4 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Nov 24, 2022
Consider an alternative to `random_32_bytes` Open

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rust-bitcoin/rust-secp256k1#522 · 3 comments · Opened Nov 18, 2022

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