1# CHANGELOG
 2
 3## Pending
 4
 5- [\#76](https://github.com/arkworks-rs/curves/pull/76) twisted Edwards parameters for bls12-377
 6- Fixed curve benches
 7
 8### Breaking changes
 9
10- [\#104](https://github.com/arkworks-rs/curves/pull/104) Remove `QUADRATIC_NONRESIDUE` parameter from implementors of `Fp2Config`.
11- [\#129](https://github.com/arkworks-rs/curves/pull/129) Implement custom serialization for BLS12-381 for compatibility with the [Zcash lib](https://github.com/zkcrypto/bls12_381).
12 
13### Features
14
15- [\#121](https://github.com/arkworks-rs/curves/pull/121) Add the ed25519 curve.
16- [\#122](https://github.com/arkworks-rs/curves/pull/122) Add the secp256k1 and secq256k1 curves.
17- [\#124](https://github.com/arkworks-rs/curves/pull/124) Add the curve25519 curve.
18
19### Improvements
20
21- [\#70](https://github.com/arkworks-rs/curves/pull/70) Add prepared G2 pairing consistency test. 
22- [\#74](https://github.com/arkworks-rs/curves/pull/74) Use Scott's subgroup membership tests for `G1` and `G2` of BLS12-381.
23- [\#103](https://github.com/arkworks-rs/curves/pull/103) Faster cofactor clearing for BLS12-381.
24- [\#107](https://github.com/arkworks-rs/curves/pull/107/) Use 2-NAF of `ATE_LOOP_COUNT` to speed up the Miller loop in MNT curves.
25- [\#141](https://github.com/arkworks-rs/curves/pull/103) Faster cofactor clearing for BLS12-377.
26
27### Bug fixes
28
29## v0.3.0 
30
31### Breaking changes
32
33- [\#60](https://github.com/arkworks-rs/curves/pull/60) Change the scalar group generator of `Fr` of `bls12_377` Fr from `11` to `22`.
34- [\#61](https://github.com/arkworks-rs/curves/pull/61) Remove `ATE_LOOP_COUNT_IS_NEGATIVE` from BN254 curve parameter.
35
36### Features
37
38- [\#64](https://github.com/arkworks-rs/curves/pull/64) Implement the Bandersnatch curve, another twisted Edwards curve for BLS12-381.
39
40### Improvements
41
42### Bug fixes
43
44## v0.2.0
45
46### Breaking changes
47
48- Requires all crates from `arkworks-rs/algebra` to have version `v0.2.0` or greater.
49
50### Features
51
52- [\#3](https://github.com/arkworks-rs/curves/pull/3) Add constraints for
53        `ark-bls12-377`,
54        `ark-ed-on-bls12-377`,
55        `ark-ed-on-bls12-381`,
56        `ark-ed-on-bn254`,
57        `ark-ed-on-cp6-782`,
58        `ark-ed-on-bw6-761`,
59        `ark-ed-on-mnt4-298`,
60        `ark-ed-on-mnt4-753`,
61        `ark-mnt4-298`,
62        `ark-mnt6-298`,
63        `ark-mnt4-753`,
64        `ark-mnt6-753`.
65- [\#7](https://github.com/arkworks-rs/curves/pull/7) Add benchmarks for Edwards curves.
66- [\#19](https://github.com/arkworks-rs/curves/pull/19) Change field constants to be provided as normal strings, instead of in Montgomery form.
67- [\#53](https://github.com/arkworks-rs/curves/pull/53) Add benchmarks for Pallas and Vesta curves.
68
69### Improvements
70
71- [\#42](https://github.com/arkworks-rs/curves/pull/42) Remove the dependency of `rand_xorshift`.
72
73### Bug fixes
74
75- [\#28](https://github.com/arkworks-rs/curves/pull/28), [\#49](https://github.com/arkworks-rs/curves/pull/49) Fix broken documentation links.
76- [\#38](https://github.com/arkworks-rs/curves/pull/38) Compile with `panic='abort'` in release mode, for safety of the library across FFI boundaries.
77- [\#45](https://github.com/arkworks-rs/curves/pull/45) Fix `ark-ed-on-mnt4-753`.
78
79## v0.1.0
80
81Initial Release