Haha, it was done to enable signature aggregation aka Schnorr signatures to combine multiple signatures into one single proof.
https://medium.com/badger-blockchain/schnorr-signatures-following-in-the-steps-of-segwit-a4c515c02e22
Had seen long threads talking about the implications in removing the sign bit but had to record some of them.
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2024-05-16 23:10:00
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