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ecdsa

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Pure Rust implementation of the Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA) as specified in FIPS 186-4 (Digital Signature Standard), implemented generically over elliptic curves, providing RFC6979 deterministic signing support as well as randomized signatures and signature verification

Last release 3 months ago
02 Jul 2026
Release timing varies
gaps range from 9 days to 2 months
Nearly every release is documented
notes for 39 of 39 stable releases
24 versions withdrawn
withdrawn after publishing
8 years old
111 releases · first in 2018

Release timeline

111 releases since 2018

Releases

0.17.02 Jul 2026
ecdsa v0.17.0
ecdsa v0.17.0 (#1412)
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Additional notes2 sources agree
Added

DER support for SignatureWithOid (#786)

EcdsaCurve marker trait (#787)

Recoverable RandomizedPrehashSigner impl for SigningKey (#878)

Implement MultipartSigner/Verifier (#982)

getrandom feature (#1107)

Implement crypto_common::Generate trait for SigningKey (#1140)

Implement Hash on Signature and VerifyingKey (#1309)

Changed

Make Signature::normalize_s infallible (#780)

Use NonZeroScalar arguments to sign_prehashed (#794)

Upgrade to the 2024 edition; bump MSRV to 1.85 (#913)

Rename DigestPrimitive to DigestAlgorithm (#996)

Bump serdect dependency to v0.4 - new wire format for binary serializations (#1048)

Support new signature::DigestSigner/Verifier API (#1064)

Bump der to v0.8 (#1232)

Bump digest to v0.11 (#1237)

Bump sha2 dependency to v0.11 (#1267)

Bump spki to v0.8 (#1303)

Bump signature to v3 (#1321)

Move low-S normalization check into verify_prehashed (#1379)

Bump elliptic-curve to v0.14 (#1391)

Low-level RFC6979 signing functions are now infallible (#1395, #1411)

Bump rfc6979 to v0.6 (#1404)

Move Array* bounds to EcdsaCurve (#1408)

Removed

SignPrimitive and VerifyPrimitive traits (#793)

signature::PrehashSignature implementation for Signature (#1007)

VerifyingKey::recover* no longer performs signature verification (#1381)

Fixed

Reduce z mod q when performing RFC6979 (#777, #1395)

From the same repository

RustCrypto/signatures

ed25519crates.ioEdwards Digital Signature Algorithm (EdDSA) over Curve25519 (as specified in RFC 8032) support library providing signature type definitions and PKCS#8 private key decoding/encoding support
rfc6979crates.ioPure Rust implementation of RFC6979: Deterministic Usage of the Digital Signature Algorithm (DSA) and Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA)
dsacrates.ioPure Rust implementation of the Digital Signature Algorithm (DSA) as specified in FIPS 186-4 (Digital Signature Standard), providing RFC6979 deterministic signatures as well as support for added entropy

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▸▾0.17.0-rc.2329 Jun 2026pre-release

ecdsa v0.17.0-rc.23

ecdsa v0.17.0-rc.23 (#1399)

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▸▾0.17.0-rc.2223 Jun 2026pre-release

Release PR: RustCrypto/traits#2466

Release PR: RustCrypto/traits#2466

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ecdsa v0.17.0-rc.21

ecdsa v0.17.0-rc.21 (#1390)

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ecdsa v0.17.0-rc.20

ecdsa v0.17.0-rc.20 (#1383)

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▸▾0.16.916 Nov 20232 sources agree

Loosen signature bound to 2.0, <2.3 ([#756])

Changed

Loosen signature bound to 2.0, <2.3 (#756)

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▸▾0.16.821 Jul 20232 sources agree

hazmat::{sign_prehashed, verify_prehashed} ([#731])

Added

hazmat::{sign_prehashed, verify_prehashed} (#731)

Changed

Refactor Signature constructors and improve docs (#730)

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▸▾0.16.711 May 20232 sources agree

RFC5480 citation for der::Signature ([#710])

Added

RFC5480 citation for der::Signature (#710)
support for the SignatureBitStringEncoding trait (#716)

Changed

bump elliptic-curve from 0.13.3 to 0.13.4 (#709)
der::Signature citation to RFC5912 (#711)
make fmt impls more consistent (#713)

Fixed

serde doc fixup (#712)

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▸▾0.16.610 Apr 20232 sources agree

Test macro handling of serialized field size ([#707])

Fixed

Test macro handling of serialized field size (#707)

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▸▾0.16.59 Apr 20232 sources agree

Use C::FieldBytesSize instead of C::Uint::BYTES ([#705])

Fixed

Use C::FieldBytesSize instead of C::Uint::BYTES (#705)

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▸▾0.16.45 Apr 20232 sources agree

RecoveryId computation in SignPrimitive ([#702])

Fixed

RecoveryId computation in SignPrimitive (#702)

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▸▾0.16.35 Apr 20232 sources agree

SignatureAlgorithmIdentifier impls for SigningKey/VerifyingKey ([#688])

Added

RFC5758 OID support (#686)
SignatureAlgorithmIdentifier impls for SigningKey/VerifyingKey (#688)
SignatureWithOid (#689, #690)
AssociatedAlgorithmIdentifier impls for SigningKey/VerifyingKey (#698)

Changed

Loosen signature bound to 2.0, <2.2 (#697)

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▸▾0.16.228 Mar 20232 sources agree

Handle the reduced R.x case in public key recovery ([#680])

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Handle the reduced R.x case in public key recovery (#680)
Signature::{from_bytes, from_slice} methods (#684)

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▸▾0.16.18 Mar 20232 sources agree

VerifyingKey::to_sec1_bytes + more conversions ([#675])

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VerifyingKey::to_sec1_bytes + more conversions (#675)

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Decode and Encode impls for der::Signature ([#666])

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Decode and Encode impls for der::Signature (#666)

Changed

Use Scalar::invert_vartime for faster verification (#651)
Bump serdect dependency to 0.2 (#657)
Bump elliptic-curve dependency to v0.13; MSRV 1.65 (#660, [#663])
Bump rfc6979 dependency to v0.4 (#662)

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▸▾0.15.123 Jan 20232 sources agree

SigningKey::*_recoverable methods ([#635])

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SigningKey::*_recoverable methods (#635)

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▸▾0.15.015 Jan 20232 sources agree

DigestPrimitive::Digest now has bounds that work with RFC6979 ([#568])

Added

DigestPrimitive::Digest now has bounds that work with RFC6979 (#568)
*Signer/*Verifier impls for der::Signature (#569)
VerifyingKey recovery support (#576)
Trial recovery support (#580)

Changed

Signature now internally structured with r and s components (#565)
SigningKey::verifying_key now returns a reference (#567)
Refactor prehash_to_field_bytes to bits2field free function (#574)
Rename sign feature to signing (#610)
Rename verify feature to verifying features (#610)
Bump signature crate dependency to v2.0 (#614)

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▸▾0.14.828 Sept 20222 sources agree

Impl From for SecretKey ([#548])

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Impl From<SigningKey> for SecretKey (#548)

Fixed

Prehash must receive zero-pads on left (#547)

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▸▾0.14.715 Sept 20222 sources agree

[#539]: https://github.com/RustCrypto/signatures/pull/539

Changed

Relax Keypair bounds (#539)

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▸▾0.14.613 Sept 20222 sources agree

Impl signature::{PrehashSigner, PrehashVerifier} ([#534])

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Impl signature::hazmat::{PrehashSigner, PrehashVerifier} (#534)
Impl signature::Keypair for SigningKey (#535)

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▸▾0.14.57 Sept 20222 sources agree

Impl EncodePrivateKey for SigningKey ([#523])

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Impl EncodePrivateKey for SigningKey (#523)
SigningKey::as_nonzero_scalar (#528)
VerifyingKey::as_affine (#528)
RecoveryId::from_byte (#531)

Changed

Make RecoveryId methods const fn (#529)

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▸▾0.14.416 Aug 20222 sources agree

Impl EncodePublicKey for VerifyingKey ([#505])

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Impl EncodePublicKey for VerifyingKey (#505)
ZeroizeOnDrop marker for SigningKey (#509)

Changed

Restrict signature version to v1.5-v1.6 (#508, #512)

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▸▾0.14.327 Jun 2022withdrawn2 sources agree

Simplified digest trait bounds ([#499])

Changed

Simplified digest trait bounds (#499)
Bump rfc6979 dependency to v0.3 (#500)

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