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ECIP-1026: Modexp Precompiled Contract #67
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This allows for efficient RSA verification inside of the EVM, as well as other forms of number theory-based cryptography. Note that adding precompiles for addition and subtraction is not required, as the in-EVM algorithm is efficient enough, and multiplication can be done through this precompile via
a * b = ((a + b)**2 - (a - b)**2) / 4.The bit-based exponent calculation is done specifically to fairly charge for the often-used exponents of 2 (for multiplication) and 3 and 65537 (for RSA verification).
This is derived from EIP-198.