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* Optimize AVX2 ChaCha (GH #1730)
-* Const time improvements in BigInt and ECC arithmetic.
- (GH #1738 #1750 #1754 #1755 #1757 #1758 #1759 #1762 #1765 #1770)
+* Many more operations in BigInt and ECC arithmetic are either fully const time
+ or avoid problematic branches that could potentially be exploited in a side
+ channel attack. (GH #1738 #1750 #1754 #1755 #1757 #1758 #1759 #1762 #1765
+ #1770 #1773)
* Cache the significant words of a BigInt (GH #1734)