EdDSA keys and certs might be faster to use. Support is being added to Java in 15. See JEP 339. Right now we use ECDSA for our certificates.
Another benefit is that this gets us away from the NIST curves. See http://safecurves.cr.yp.to/
For some background, see https://cryptobook.nakov.com/asymmetric-key-ciphers/elliptic-curve-cryptography-ecc#ecc-algorithms
EdDSA keys and certs might be faster to use. Support is being added to Java in 15. See JEP 339. Right now we use ECDSA for our certificates.
Another benefit is that this gets us away from the NIST curves. See http://safecurves.cr.yp.to/
For some background, see https://cryptobook.nakov.com/asymmetric-key-ciphers/elliptic-curve-cryptography-ecc#ecc-algorithms