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function as described in [RFC7748] as a C extension using the
high performance [rfc7748_precomputed] implementation based on the paper
[How to (pre-)compute a ladder]
(with fallback to the ref10 C implementation).
+X25519 is one of two notable algorithms implemented atop the Curve25519
+elliptic curve. The [ed25519 gem] is a related project of this one,
+and implements the Ed25519 signature scheme on the twisted Edwards form of
+Curve25519.
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[RFC7748]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7748
[How to (pre-)compute a ladder]: https://eprint.iacr.org/2017/264
[rfc7748_precomputed]: https://github.com/armfazh/rfc7748_precomputed
+[ed25519 gem]: https://github.com/cryptosphere/ed25519
## Requirements
* MRI 2.2+