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Generate private/public key with elliptic curve
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Generate private and public key

Private key:

  openssl ecparam -name secp256k1 -genkey -noout -out sample-priv-key.pem

Public key (from private key):

  openssl ec -in sample-priv-key.pem -pubout > sample-pub-key.pem

Read file info

  openssl ec -text -in sample-priv-key.pem

(ecparam is for Eliptic Curves params)

References

Akamai

secp256k1 vs secp256r1

OID secp256r1

OID secp256k1

sec1

sec2

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