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@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ Version 2.5.0, Not Yet Released
* Add support for POWER8 AES instructions (GH #1459 #1393 #1206)
+* The default encoding of ECC public keys has changed from compressed
+ to uncompressed point representation. This improves compatability with
+ some common software packages including Golang's standard library.
+ (GH #1480)
+
* Change DL_Group and EC_Group to store their data as shared_ptr for
fast copying. Also both classes precompute additional useful values
(eg for modular reductions). (GH #1435 #1454)