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secp256k1

v0.31.1 Growing

Rust wrapper library for Pieter Wuille's `libsecp256k1`. Implements ECDSA and BIP 340 signatures for the SECG elliptic curve group secp256k1 and related utilities.

CC0-1.0 Edition 2021 MSRV 1.63.0
#crypto#bitcoin#ecdsa#secp256k1#libsecp256k1

Quick Verdict

  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Massive adoption (6.7K crates depend on it)

Security

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Downloads
47.3M
Dependents
6.7K
Releases
98
Size
94KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

3.5M downloads in the last 30 days (116.6K/day), up 26% from the previous period.

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Widely adopted

6.7K crates depend on secp256k1. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 10+ years old, secp256k1 hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include libsecp256k1, bitcoin, alloy-consensus, enr, bip32. When high-quality crates choose secp256k1, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 12/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 13/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 14/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 15/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
93K/day avg+64%
050K100K150K12/291/162/32/213/113/28

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.27.0
27%
v0.30.0
27%
v0.28.2
20%
v0.29.1
14%
v0.24.3
12%

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Feature Flags

default =["std"]

std*allocrecoverylowmemoryglobal-contextglobal-context-less-secure

README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
11
direct dependencies
Dependents
6.7K
crates depend on secp256k1

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