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+# Pairing-Based Cryptography primitives
+
+## References
+
+- Pairing-Friendly Curves
+
+  IETF Draft Specification (expires May 2020)
+
+  https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-irtf-cfrg-pairing-friendly-curves-00#ref-KB16
+
+- Multiplication and Squaring on Pairing-Friendly Fields
+
+  Devigili et al
+
+  https://eprint.iacr.org/2006/471
+
+- Constructing Tower Extensions for the implementation of Pairing-Based Cryptography
+
+  Benger et al
+
+  https://eprint.iacr.org/2009/556