What GF should I use when it comes to secret sharing? And why?

This page summarizes the projects mentioned and recommended in the original post on /r/crypto

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  • Most secret sharing projects use 8-bit values in GF(28) / GF(256), with 0x1B / 29 decimal as the galois polynomial bitpattern. (That's the same one used by AES) The https://github.com/grempe/secrets.js library is widely used. See http://passguardian.com/ -- https://iancoleman.io/shamir/ -- https://bs.parity.io/

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    Shamir's Secret Sharing for people with friends

  • Most secret sharing projects use 8-bit values in GF(28) / GF(256), with 0x1B / 29 decimal as the galois polynomial bitpattern. (That's the same one used by AES) The https://github.com/grempe/secrets.js library is widely used. See http://passguardian.com/ -- https://iancoleman.io/shamir/ -- https://bs.parity.io/

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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