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		higherpurpose on May 7, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Go crypto: bridging the performance gap Indeed. Couldn't they have supported it for a small part of users like they're doing with ChaCha20-Poly1305?

donpark on May 7, 2015 [–]

ChaCha20-Poly1305's 3-4x performance gain over AES-GCM made it worthwhile for them where Ed25519's benefits are not as clear cut to non-proponents. Too bad.

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