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 ## P
 
+## pasta curves
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+A collective term for the Pallas and Vesta elliptic cruves that are used by the Mina Protocol to generate proofs. See [Pasta Curves](https://o1-labs.github.io/proof-systems/specs/pasta.html?highlight=curves#pasta-curves) in the Mina book.
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 ### peer-to-peer networks
 
 Networking systems that rely on peer nodes to distribute information amongst each other, are often distributed, and do not rely on any centralized resource broker.