+/**
+ * Multiply the generator g of the elliptic curve by @a val
+ * to obtain the point on the curve representing @a val.
+ * Afterwards, point addition will correspond to integer
+ * addition. #GNUNET_CRYPTO_ecc_dlog() can be used to
+ * convert a point back to an integer (as long as the
+ * integer is smaller than the MAX of the @a edc context).
+ *
+ * @param edc calculation context for ECC operations
+ * @param val value to encode into a point
+ * @return representation of the value as an ECC point,
+ * must be freed using #GNUNET_CRYPTO_ecc_free()
+ */
+gcry_mpi_point_t
+GNUNET_CRYPTO_ecc_dexp (struct GNUNET_CRYPTO_EccDlogContext *edc,
+ int val);
+
+
+/**
+ * Multiply the generator g of the elliptic curve by @a val
+ * to obtain the point on the curve representing @a val.
+ *
+ * @param edc calculation context for ECC operations
+ * @param val (positive) value to encode into a point
+ * @return representation of the value as an ECC point,
+ * must be freed using #GNUNET_CRYPTO_ecc_free()
+ */
+gcry_mpi_point_t
+GNUNET_CRYPTO_ecc_dexp_mpi (struct GNUNET_CRYPTO_EccDlogContext *edc,
+ gcry_mpi_t val);
+
+
+/**
+ * Multiply the point @a p on the elliptic curve by @a val.
+ *
+ * @param edc calculation context for ECC operations
+ * @param p point to multiply
+ * @param val (positive) value to encode into a point
+ * @return representation of the value as an ECC point,
+ * must be freed using #GNUNET_CRYPTO_ecc_free()
+ */
+gcry_mpi_point_t
+GNUNET_CRYPTO_ecc_pmul_mpi (struct GNUNET_CRYPTO_EccDlogContext *edc,
+ gcry_mpi_point_t p,
+ gcry_mpi_t val);
+
+
+/**
+ * Convert point value to binary representation.
+ *
+ * @param edc calculation context for ECC operations
+ * @param point computational point representation
+ * @param[out] bin binary point representation
+ */
+void
+GNUNET_CRYPTO_ecc_point_to_bin (struct GNUNET_CRYPTO_EccDlogContext *edc,
+ gcry_mpi_point_t point,
+ struct GNUNET_CRYPTO_EccPoint *bin);
+
+
+/**
+ * Convert binary representation of a point to computational representation.
+ *
+ * @param edc calculation context for ECC operations
+ * @param bin binary point representation
+ * @return computational representation
+ */
+gcry_mpi_point_t
+GNUNET_CRYPTO_ecc_bin_to_point (struct GNUNET_CRYPTO_EccDlogContext *edc,
+ const struct GNUNET_CRYPTO_EccPoint *bin);
+
+
+/**
+ * Add two points on the elliptic curve.
+ *
+ * @param edc calculation context for ECC operations
+ * @param a some value
+ * @param b some value
+ * @return @a a + @a b, must be freed using #GNUNET_CRYPTO_ecc_free()
+ */
+gcry_mpi_point_t
+GNUNET_CRYPTO_ecc_add (struct GNUNET_CRYPTO_EccDlogContext *edc,
+ gcry_mpi_point_t a,
+ gcry_mpi_point_t b);
+
+
+/**
+ * Obtain a random point on the curve and its
+ * additive inverse. Both returned values
+ * must be freed using #GNUNET_CRYPTO_ecc_free().
+ *
+ * @param edc calculation context for ECC operations
+ * @param[out] r set to a random point on the curve
+ * @param[out] r_inv set to the additive inverse of @a r
+ */
+void
+GNUNET_CRYPTO_ecc_rnd (struct GNUNET_CRYPTO_EccDlogContext *edc,
+ gcry_mpi_point_t *r,
+ gcry_mpi_point_t *r_inv);
+
+
+/**
+ * Obtain a random scalar for point multiplication on the curve and
+ * its multiplicative inverse.
+ *
+ * @param edc calculation context for ECC operations
+ * @param[out] r set to a random scalar on the curve
+ * @param[out] r_inv set to the multiplicative inverse of @a r
+ */
+void
+GNUNET_CRYPTO_ecc_rnd_mpi (struct GNUNET_CRYPTO_EccDlogContext *edc,
+ gcry_mpi_t *r,
+ gcry_mpi_t *r_inv);
+
+
+/**
+ * Generate a random value mod n.
+ *
+ * @param edc ECC context
+ * @return random value mod n.
+ */
+gcry_mpi_t
+GNUNET_CRYPTO_ecc_random_mod_n (struct GNUNET_CRYPTO_EccDlogContext *edc);
+
+
+/**
+ * Free a point value returned by the API.
+ *
+ * @param p point to free
+ */
+void
+GNUNET_CRYPTO_ecc_free (gcry_mpi_point_t p);
+
+