Reduce alt_bn128 precompile gas costs

EIP 1108, Reduce alt_bn128 precompile gas costs. The elliptic curve arithmetic precompiles are currently overpriced.

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Authors: Antonio Salazar Cardozo , Zachary Williamson
Date: 2018
Publisher: Antonio Salazar Cardozo , Zachary Williamson
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Document ID: BLC-STUDY-0306
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EIP 1108, Reduce alt_bn128 precompile gas costs. The elliptic curve arithmetic precompiles are currently overpriced.

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Cardozo, A. S., & Williamson, Z. (2018). Reduce alt_bn128 precompile gas costs. Antonio Salazar Cardozo , Zachary Williamson. https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-1108

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@techreport{eip11082018,
  title = {Reduce alt_bn128 precompile gas costs},
  author = {Antonio Salazar Cardozo , Zachary Williamson},
  year = {2018},
  institution = {Antonio Salazar Cardozo , Zachary Williamson},
  url = {https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-1108},
  note = {Rights status: Official external source only. Blockchain Lab record: https://blockchainlab.com/research/corpus/papers/eip-1108}
}

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