> > Both require elliptic curve modules in openssl - which is the main
> > reason why they can't go in Fedora at the moment.
>
> Fedora's openssl do contain ECC. But only handful of curves are included.
> The request for enabling Bitcoin one is here:
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1021898
>
> But it is stalled. I've sent a query to fedora-legal list, but it got
> stuck in moderation queue.

I submitted openssl-freeworld before EC was (somewhat) added to Fedora, with the intention of doing bitcoin afterwards.
https://bugzilla.rpmfusion.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2842
 
I don't think I finished the bitcoin spec, here it is: https://github.com/jeffmendoza/bitcoin-rpm/blob/master/bitcoin.spec
 
-Jeff