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