Pegwit is a program for performing public key encryption and authentication using an elliptic curve. Pegwit is a simple Open Source alternative for PGP.

1) Small understandable programs and code.
2) Secure ECC for PK encryption/decryption and signing/verification.
3) Library version of the code for others to use.
4) Command line and GUI versions.
5) Small key length (may be possible to remember for user).
6) Optimized and fast code.
7) Code designed so that any portion can be easily replaced.
8) Code portable to many environments. Little-endian, big-endian 32-bit and 64-bit machines. Win32 and Linux versions is currently in work.