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# Christopher Allen, ex-Certicom CTO: 'always a bit skeptical' of NSA-subversion claims; 'Glad to see some vindication'

Christopher Allen (@ChristopherA), X, 2026-10-16.
Source: https://x.com/ChristopherA/status/2111212900618772668

## Why it matters

First-hand reaction (~2k views) from someone who became Certicom's CTO after the NIST curve seeds were chosen and knew some of the people involved.

## Summary

Posted Fri Oct 16 21:49:14 +0000 2026 by Christopher Allen (@ChristopherA); 2,226 views, 39 likes, 5 reposts when read via api.fxtwitter.com on 2026-10-17. 'I became CTO of Certicom after the seeds & generators were chosen for the NIST ECDSA curves, but I was always a bit skeptical about the claims of their subversion by NSA, as I knew some of the people and it didn't make sense. Glad to see some vindication.'

## Archived text

> I became CTO of Certicom after the seeds & generators were chosen for the NIST ECDSA curves, but I was always a bit skeptical about the claims of their subversion by NSA, as I knew some of the people and it didn’t make sense. Glad to see some vindication. https://www.anthropic.com/research/ecdsa-curve-origins

Archived 2026-10-17 via fxtwitter (unofficial).
Counts: 2,242 views, 39 likes, 5 reposts, 3 replies (at fetch time)
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## Cited in

- 2026-10-16: [Claude explains where the NIST P-256 curve seeds came from](https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-10-16-claude-recovers-nist-ecdsa-curve-seeds/)