1# CHANGELOG
 2
 3## Pending
 4
 5### Breaking changes
 6
 7### Features
 8
 9- [\#156](https://github.com/arkworks-rs/curves/pull/156) Add the bw6-767 curve.
10
11### Improvements
12
13- [\#156](https://github.com/arkworks-rs/curves/pull/156) The hard part of the final exponentiation for bw6-761 relocated from arkworks/algebra.
14
15### Bugfixes
16
17## v0.4.0
18- [\#76](https://github.com/arkworks-rs/curves/pull/76) twisted Edwards parameters for bls12-377
19- Fixed curve benches
20
21### Breaking changes
22
23- [\#104](https://github.com/arkworks-rs/curves/pull/104) Remove `QUADRATIC_NONRESIDUE` parameter from implementors of `Fp2Config`.
24- [\#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).
25 
26### Features
27
28- [\#121](https://github.com/arkworks-rs/curves/pull/121) Add the ed25519 curve.
29- [\#122](https://github.com/arkworks-rs/curves/pull/122) Add the secp256k1 and secq256k1 curves.
30- [\#124](https://github.com/arkworks-rs/curves/pull/124) Add the curve25519 curve.
31
32### Improvements
33
34- [\#70](https://github.com/arkworks-rs/curves/pull/70) Add prepared G2 pairing consistency test. 
35- [\#74](https://github.com/arkworks-rs/curves/pull/74) Use Scott's subgroup membership tests for `G1` and `G2` of BLS12-381.
36- [\#103](https://github.com/arkworks-rs/curves/pull/103) Faster cofactor clearing for BLS12-381.
37- [\#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.
38- [\#141](https://github.com/arkworks-rs/curves/pull/103) Faster cofactor clearing for BLS12-377.
39- [\#138](https://github.com/arkworks-rs/curves/pull/138) Implement WB Hash-to-Curve for bls12-381 and bls12-377
40
41### Bug fixes
42
43## v0.3.0 
44
45### Breaking changes
46
47- [\#60](https://github.com/arkworks-rs/curves/pull/60) Change the scalar group generator of `Fr` of `bls12_377` Fr from `11` to `22`.
48- [\#61](https://github.com/arkworks-rs/curves/pull/61) Remove `ATE_LOOP_COUNT_IS_NEGATIVE` from BN254 curve parameter.
49
50### Features
51
52- [\#64](https://github.com/arkworks-rs/curves/pull/64) Implement the Bandersnatch curve, another twisted Edwards curve for BLS12-381.
53
54### Improvements
55
56### Bug fixes
57
58## v0.2.0
59
60### Breaking changes
61
62- Requires all crates from `arkworks-rs/algebra` to have version `v0.2.0` or greater.
63
64### Features
65
66- [\#3](https://github.com/arkworks-rs/curves/pull/3) Add constraints for
67        `ark-bls12-377`,
68        `ark-ed-on-bls12-377`,
69        `ark-ed-on-bls12-381`,
70        `ark-ed-on-bn254`,
71        `ark-ed-on-cp6-782`,
72        `ark-ed-on-bw6-761`,
73        `ark-ed-on-mnt4-298`,
74        `ark-ed-on-mnt4-753`,
75        `ark-mnt4-298`,
76        `ark-mnt6-298`,
77        `ark-mnt4-753`,
78        `ark-mnt6-753`.
79- [\#7](https://github.com/arkworks-rs/curves/pull/7) Add benchmarks for Edwards curves.
80- [\#19](https://github.com/arkworks-rs/curves/pull/19) Change field constants to be provided as normal strings, instead of in Montgomery form.
81- [\#53](https://github.com/arkworks-rs/curves/pull/53) Add benchmarks for Pallas and Vesta curves.
82
83### Improvements
84
85- [\#42](https://github.com/arkworks-rs/curves/pull/42) Remove the dependency of `rand_xorshift`.
86
87### Bug fixes
88
89- [\#28](https://github.com/arkworks-rs/curves/pull/28), [\#49](https://github.com/arkworks-rs/curves/pull/49) Fix broken documentation links.
90- [\#38](https://github.com/arkworks-rs/curves/pull/38) Compile with `panic='abort'` in release mode, for safety of the library across FFI boundaries.
91- [\#45](https://github.com/arkworks-rs/curves/pull/45) Fix `ark-ed-on-mnt4-753`.
92
93## v0.1.0
94
95Initial Release