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Schnorr's pubkey recovery

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Much like ECDSA, (some variants of) Schnorr support pubkey recovery! In fact, Schnorr's pubkey recovery is better than ECDSA's: no need for recovery IDs! So, beyond the obvious backwards-compatibility reasons, why ever use ECDSA? (Plus, ECDSA has so many other shortcomings.)
For more details, see: alinush.github.io/2024/05/31/Schnorr-signatures.html#pubkey-recovery
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