I guess it's because Bitcoin doesn't use encryption. Is there a specific usecase you're thinking of?
On 19/09/2019 07.03, Nelson Perez wrote: > The ECKey class javadocs states:|| > > Represents an elliptic curve public and (optionally) private key, > usable for digital signatures but not encryption. > > > Is there a specific reason as to why encryption was not implemented? is > anyone interested in something like this? Are there any drawbacks? > > I ask because I need this and will be implementing it outside of the > library for now, but would be willing to contribute to the library if > there is interest. > > Best regards > Nelson > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "bitcoinj" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to bitcoinj+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:bitcoinj+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bitcoinj/fd7ae6a0-2976-4892-81c6-644502d37a73%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bitcoinj/fd7ae6a0-2976-4892-81c6-644502d37a73%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "bitcoinj" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to bitcoinj+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bitcoinj/qm2rbs%243d49%241%40blaine.gmane.org.
