commit a2c10e34d9954d109dd870d4061ae41fdbaa3f68
Author: Dave Collins <davec@conformal.com>
Date:   Thu Jun 13 12:45:48 2013 -0500

    Initial commit.

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+# Temp files
+*~
+
+# Log files
+*.log
+
+# Compiled Object files, Static and Dynamic libs (Shared Objects)
+*.o
+*.a
+*.so
+
+# Folders
+_obj
+_test
+
+# Architecture specific extensions/prefixes
+*.[568vq]
+[568vq].out
+
+*.cgo1.go
+*.cgo2.c
+_cgo_defun.c
+_cgo_gotypes.go
+_cgo_export.*
+
+_testmain.go
+
+*.exe 
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+btcec
+=====
+
+Package btcec implements the Koblitz elliptic curve secp256k1 used by bitcoin.