We'd like to announce the release of version 0.8.0 of libsecp256k1: 
https://github.com/bitcoin-core/secp256k1/releases/tag/v0.8.0 

The most notable changes are: 
* Addition of a new Silent Payments (BIP 352) module with support for 
sending and scanning on full nodes. 
* Addition of a function for overriding the internal SHA256 compression 
function, useful for plugging in hardware-optimized SHA256 implementations. 
* Performance improvements in the 64-bit field element implementation, 
leading to significant speedups for many library functions on GCC and MSVC 
builds (e.g., up to ~11% for ECDSA and Schnorr signature verification). 
* Removal of the previously deprecated symbols 
secp256k1_schnorrsig_sign (in favor of secp256k1_schnorrsig_sign32) and 
secp256k1_context_no_precomp (in favor of secp256k1_context_static). 

For the full changelog, see: 
https://github.com/bitcoin-core/secp256k1/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md 


The libsecp256k1 maintainers

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