Elliptic Curve encryption support for ECKey?

[Nelson Perez]

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

[Andreas Schildbach]

I guess it's because Bitcoin doesn't use encryption.

Is there a specific usecase you're thinking of?

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