{
  "id": "gwz15-ecdlp",
  "categoryId": "ecdlp-classical-sqrtspace",
  "paperId": "gwz15",
  "date": "2015-06-28",
  "datePrecision": "day",
  "time": {
    "coefficient": 0.5,
    "expression": "O(sqrt(r)) group operations; improved average-case constants"
  },
  "space": {
    "coefficient": null,
    "expression": "O(sqrt(r)) group elements"
  },
  "tags": [
    "baby-step giant-step",
    "average-case constants"
  ],
  "review": {
    "status": "source-checked"
  },
  "certificate": {
    "status": "not-provided",
    "lean": null
  },
  "notes": "Improved baby-step/giant-step methods for ECDLP with square-root storage. The exponent is still 1/2; the paper improves operation constants and analyses average-case performance, including heuristic components. No exponent improvement is claimed.",
  "extra": {
    "coefficientExact": "1/2"
  },
  "evidence": {
    "url": "https://eprint.iacr.org/2015/605",
    "locator": "Introduction; Sections 2–5",
    "sourceVersion": "Version available at the cited URL; bibliographic metadata and stated bound checked on 2026-11-08"
  }
}