Bug#847815: ITP: golang-github-btcsuite-btcd-btcec -- Go library for Elliptic curve cryptography

[Alessio Treglia <alessio@debian.org>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Alessio Treglia <alessio@debian.org>

* Package name    : golang-github-btcsuite-btcd-btcec
  Version         : git snapshot
  Upstream Author : The btcsuite developers
* URL             : https://github.com/btcsuite
* License         : ISC
  Programming Lang: Go
  Description     : Go library for Elliptic curve cryptography

 Package btcec implements elliptic curve cryptography needed for working
 with Bitcoin (secp256k1 only for now). It is designed so that it may be
 used with the standard crypto/ecdsa packages provided with go. A
 comprehensive suite of test is provided to ensure proper functionality.
 .
 This package contains convenience utilities and shortcuts
 used across the Tendermint projects.