v0.5.0

What's Changed

• Add field conversion to/from [u64;4] by @jonathanpwang in #80
• Compute Legendre symbol for hash_to_curve by @davidnevadoc in #77
• Add simplified SWU method by @davidnevadoc in #81
• Bring back curve algorithms for a = 0 by @han0110 in #82
• fix: Improve serialization for prime fields by @huitseeker in #85
• refactor: (De)Serialization of points using GroupEncoding by @huitseeker in #88
• Insert MSM and FFT code and their benchmarks. by @einar-taiko in #86
• Re-export also mod pairing and remove flag reexport to alwasy re-export by @han0110 in #93
• fix regression in #93 reexport field benches aren't run by @mratsim in #94
• Fast modular inverse - 9.4x acceleration by @mratsim in #83
• Fast isSquare / Legendre symbol / Jacobi symbol - 16.8x acceleration by @mratsim in #95
• [fix/optimization] mul_by_3b special case should be CURVE_ID == "bn256_g1" by @jonathanpwang in #101
• Fix nits in bn256. by @davidnevadoc in #99
• Legendre trait now uses accelerated Jacobi by @mratsim in #102
• Booth encoding by @kilic in #106
• Add Pluto-Eris cycle of curves by @davidnevadoc in #98
• chore(src): typo fix by @Pan-chao in #111
• Fix asm version of from_512 by @davidnevadoc in #108
• Update MSRV by @davidnevadoc in #113
• chore: Bump to 0.5.0 for release by @CPerezz in #114

New Contributors

• @einar-taiko made their first contribution in #86
• @Pan-chao made their first contribution in #111

Full Changelog: 0.4.0...v0.5.0