diff --git a/dcrec/secp256k1/schnorr/signature.go b/dcrec/secp256k1/schnorr/signature.go
index 5babce87..7676288f 100644
--- a/dcrec/secp256k1/schnorr/signature.go
+++ b/dcrec/secp256k1/schnorr/signature.go
@@ -31,6 +31,19 @@ const (
 var (
 	// bigZero is the big representation of zero.
 	bigZero = new(big.Int).SetInt64(0)
+
+	// rfc6979ExtraDataV0 is the extra data to feed to RFC6979 when generating
+	// the deterministic nonce for the EC-Schnorr-DCRv0 scheme.  This ensures
+	// the same nonce is not generated for the same message and key as for other
+	// signing algorithms such as ECDSA.
+	//
+	// It is equal to BLAKE-256([]byte("EC-Schnorr-DCRv0")).
+	rfc6979ExtraDataV0 = [32]byte{
+		0x0b, 0x75, 0xf9, 0x7b, 0x60, 0xe8, 0xa5, 0x76,
+		0x28, 0x76, 0xc0, 0x04, 0x82, 0x9e, 0xe9, 0xb9,
+		0x26, 0xfa, 0x6f, 0x0d, 0x2e, 0xea, 0xec, 0x3a,
+		0x4f, 0xd1, 0x44, 0x6a, 0x76, 0x83, 0x31, 0xcb,
+	}
 )
 
 // NewSignature instantiates a new signature given some R,S values.
@@ -309,7 +322,8 @@ func Sign(priv *secp256k1.PrivateKey, hash []byte) (r, s *big.Int, err error) {
 
 	for iteration := uint32(0); ; iteration++ {
 		// Generate a 32-byte scalar to use as a nonce via RFC6979.
-		kB := nonceRFC6979(priv.Serialize(), hash, nil, nil, iteration)
+		kB := nonceRFC6979(priv.Serialize(), hash, rfc6979ExtraDataV0[:], nil,
+			iteration)
 		sig, err := schnorrSign(hash, pA[:], kB)
 		if err == nil {
 			r = sig.r
diff --git a/dcrec/secp256k1/schnorr/signature_test.go b/dcrec/secp256k1/schnorr/signature_test.go
index 9791c6f1..26b889a1 100644
--- a/dcrec/secp256k1/schnorr/signature_test.go
+++ b/dcrec/secp256k1/schnorr/signature_test.go
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ func TestSchnorrSignAndVerify(t *testing.T) {
 		key:     "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001",
 		msg:     "01020304",
 		hash:    "c301ba9de5d6053caad9f5eb46523f007702add2c62fa39de03146a36b8026b7",
-		nonce:   "4154324ecd4158938f1df8b5b659aeb639c7fbc36005934096e514af7d64bcc2",
+		nonce:   "d4e18f08eb87073cb2a6707def02007315f7349c3c132590a0088fefece557ef",
 		rfc6979: true,
-		expected: "c6c4137b0e5fbfc88ae3f293d7e80c8566c43ae20340075d44f75b009c943d09" +
-			"fe359056a1f6090fe2599acbe6b315be1e2dc7a675545ec96bb8a12d1a144deb",
+		expected: "4c68976afe187ff0167919ad181cb30f187e2af1c8233b2cbebbbe0fc97fff61" +
+			"e9ae2d0e306497236d4e328dc1a34244045745e87da69d806859348bc2a74525",
 	}, {
 		name:    "key 0x1, blake256(0x01020304), random nonce",
 		key:     "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001",
@@ -50,10 +50,10 @@ func TestSchnorrSignAndVerify(t *testing.T) {
 		key:     "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000002",
 		msg:     "01020304",
 		hash:    "c301ba9de5d6053caad9f5eb46523f007702add2c62fa39de03146a36b8026b7",
-		nonce:   "55f96f24cf7531f527edfe3b9222eca12d575367c32a7f593a828dc3651acf49",
+		nonce:   "341682d3064ec802646be9c4a0fd97f8480807fcac3179e97098b8597de909dc",
 		rfc6979: true,
-		expected: "e6f137b52377250760cc702e19b7aee3c63b0e7d95a91939b14ab3b5c4771e59" +
-			"57341a8bb99ea27ccebee775fe6ea24b560763bb499d03354e739c3cd32d6629",
+		expected: "c6deb3a26c08842612bfd4411a91c90f64cfea2206c758cd1352ff2b93cc3611" +
+			"c9ffe5dd240f52d3ee199e29373030a5d795b674cd4da991fd07f5edefc3817d",
 	}, {
 		name:    "key 0x2, blake256(0x01020304), random nonce",
 		key:     "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000002",
@@ -68,10 +68,10 @@ func TestSchnorrSignAndVerify(t *testing.T) {
 		key:     "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001",
 		msg:     "0102030405",
 		hash:    "dc063eba3c8d52a159e725c1a161506f6cb6b53478ad5ef3f08d534efa871d9f",
-		nonce:   "aa87a543c68f2568bb107c9946afa5233bf94fb6a7a063544505282621021629",
+		nonce:   "cfbabebb15824ff3cfa5f4080a8608aaa9db891541851b27275c61db9d6d7e1c",
 		rfc6979: true,
-		expected: "dda8308cdbda2edf51ccf598b42b42b19597e102eb2ed4a04a16dd57084d3b40" +
-			"5798fd44eba62ca35aa7efb27677414b46b7adfe6c523ccc5b18019314acaa71",
+		expected: "461646005002d673c2e903f3c9ff2c2455e60810445ee486b9c36152287bc41a" +
+			"1b54733190ed128e466c5263a404f17344b73426d7faf00325c7a0af04be6cfe",
 	}, {
 		name:    "key 0x1, blake256(0x0102030405), random nonce",
 		key:     "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001",
@@ -86,10 +86,10 @@ func TestSchnorrSignAndVerify(t *testing.T) {
 		key:     "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000002",
 		msg:     "0102030405",
 		hash:    "dc063eba3c8d52a159e725c1a161506f6cb6b53478ad5ef3f08d534efa871d9f",
-		nonce:   "a13d652abd54b6e862548e5d12716df14dc192d93f3fa13536fdf4e56c54f233",
+		nonce:   "f7a8f640df67ba21b619eb742a73cbfc58739153b8772d5b2f8781f33d45e554",
 		rfc6979: true,
-		expected: "122663fd29e41a132d3c8329cf05d61ebcca9351074cc277dcd868faba58d87d" +
-			"e2d0532d74bcff2c8b643d098546590262f42f01826c28b656cf67e89514e655",
+		expected: "f3632492a72eb8e175b93e1eb31ef382e49f3f3fe385892523beaef9171aa15d" +
+			"441e1a94ab9b1dafa93e0d48d08c26513d53449197e761c74bebb2fae97525c3",
 	}, {
 		name:    "key 0x2, blake256(0x0102030405), random nonce",
 		key:     "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000002",
@@ -104,91 +104,91 @@ func TestSchnorrSignAndVerify(t *testing.T) {
 		key:     "a1becef2069444a9dc6331c3247e113c3ee142edda683db8643f9cb0af7cbe33",
 		msg:     "01",
 		hash:    "4a6c419a1e25c85327115c4ace586decddfe2990ed8f3d4d801871158338501d",
-		nonce:   "edb3a01063a0c6ccfc0d77295077cbd322cf364bfa64b7eeea3b20305135d444",
+		nonce:   "c23097718bd90c10ba2e99abff92f21c0eec71796712a772f0ce10f2b1bc6f5f",
 		rfc6979: true,
-		expected: "ef392791d87afca8256c4c9c68d981248ee34a09069f50fa8dfc19ae34cd92ce" +
-			"14f6553176e5ca434831720f02c4c0c6b6228338cfa00aaae4aa6da5b72aae05",
+		expected: "0b89d1fb10635e4a5da463c7339fd0f8d2e7d205a8288d4f973635beb8b59f7f" +
+			"e7c69c94ac665d14c105c2b4ba3b4c59a7819f8ecfe0d9f5f0c93a9f6d7ef447",
 	}, {
 		name:    "random key 2, blake256(0x02), rfc6979 nonce",
 		key:     "59930b76d4b15767ec0e8c8e5812aa2e57db30c6af7963e2a6295ba02af5416b",
 		msg:     "02",
 		hash:    "49af37ab5270015fe25276ea5a3bb159d852943df23919522a202205fb7d175c",
-		nonce:   "af2a59085976494567ef0fc2ecede587b2d1d8e9898cc46e72d7f3e33156e057",
+		nonce:   "342d8326464a0b5866091126e2aa29a960eba8e47dba7bef355b18b3f9011793",
 		rfc6979: true,
-		expected: "886c9cccb356b3e1deafef2c276a4f8717ab73c1244c3f673cfbff5897de0e06" +
-			"0ef8e0ed66405379d05cf34934ccb3a38a8d800d35d4f0577b96f3cc316fb09d",
+		expected: "533e99ee9c838af4cc0280b0223ab0560e7e2083694bd5b0cab3c0cb80bc2e1e" +
+			"cf4f777f046a18b7f8eb2c29325945025e6d5a145176b1a1de9aca7d882ca5d2",
 	}, {
 		name:    "random key 3, blake256(0x03), rfc6979 nonce",
 		key:     "c5b205c36bb7497d242e96ec19a2a4f086d8daa919135cf490d2b7c0230f0e91",
 		msg:     "03",
 		hash:    "b706d561742ad3671703c247eb927ee8a386369c79644131cdeb2c5c26bf6c5d",
-		nonce:   "82d82b696a386d6d7a111c4cb943bfd39de8e5f6195e7eed9d3edb40fe1419fa",
+		nonce:   "710a4f1a3bee3567b53bd4dd0c9c0e55d76981a5ed488223ca0583bf8a563951",
 		rfc6979: true,
-		expected: "6589d5950cec1fe2e7e20593b5ffa3556de20c176720a1796aa77a0cec1ec5a7" +
-			"194f86c06b44bde164fcaaac03452c55dde0ba51a27c6397363b54cb705d3afa",
+		expected: "95c966fd6435d505a492548370b29a3c40efc3fefa3e1d997b3e2788cc33836e" +
+			"84a19d1d32c98f266f57f12c4363c0d9d432ca76985c6b7cb21c9970e14c75d8",
 	}, {
 		name:    "random key 4, blake256(0x04), rfc6979 nonce",
 		key:     "65b46d4eb001c649a86309286aaf94b18386effe62c2e1586d9b1898ccf0099b",
 		msg:     "04",
 		hash:    "4c6eb9e38415034f4c93d3304d10bef38bf0ad420eefd0f72f940f11c5857786",
-		nonce:   "7afd696a9e770961d2b2eaec77ab7c22c734886fa57bc4a50a9f1946168cd06f",
+		nonce:   "cb4727000027551b8c2c3b717696dcff46f9ad088050571cb8634038003fc136",
 		rfc6979: true,
-		expected: "81db1d6dca08819ad936d3284a359091e57c036648d477b96af9d8326965a7d1" +
-			"b5f807b7b4b62ff9f946d802c896d3bdf4eccdfc364f983aa29aa99da68df390",
+		expected: "327f4e1dc74948df95dba34f26b63317568325316742fc8276be8cd2544a105c" +
+			"ecd401dcd37834c2c007bb3402130fcac0cca549326b81727097d4420e73268c",
 	}, {
 		name:    "random key 5, blake256(0x05), rfc6979 nonce",
 		key:     "915cb9ba4675de06a182088b182abcf79fa8ac989328212c6b866fa3ec2338f9",
 		msg:     "05",
 		hash:    "bdd15db13448905791a70b68137445e607cca06cc71c7a58b9b2e84a06c54d08",
-		nonce:   "2a6ae70ea5cf1b932331901d640ece54551f5f33bf9484d5f95c676b5612b527",
+		nonce:   "665a2ba74200aaee038de3248c1acb8d92ca9c0a89ff63d140755834e04d55e8",
 		rfc6979: true,
-		expected: "47fd51aecbc743477cb59aa29d18d11d75fb206ae1cdd044216e4f294e33d5b6" +
-			"58541d8273675ac15d6e2113d56756febdc85c977716422761d4332d508d0ebe",
+		expected: "b3ac51091150852794914e12f12b8db00ec517ca8eeca0175a20e62b1a413a5c" +
+			"f942de4435ff6016a3faf233100b82c66d2e6efa423b2df0f3f1ee115dfc39f5",
 	}, {
 		name:    "random key 6, blake256(0x06), rfc6979 nonce",
 		key:     "93e9d81d818f08ba1f850c6dfb82256b035b42f7d43c1fe090804fb009aca441",
 		msg:     "06",
 		hash:    "19b7506ad9c189a9f8b063d2aee15953d335f5c88480f8515d7d848e7771c4ae",
-		nonce:   "0b847a0ae0cbe84dfca66621f04f04b0f2ec190dce10d43ba8c3915c0fcd90ed",
+		nonce:   "b817c907f71b11359bc2857e39f0f13d3a2cbaaadb722665ea73d7edf38c4342",
 		rfc6979: true,
-		expected: "c99800bc7ac7ea11afe5d7a264f4c26edd63ae9c7ecd6d0d19992980bcda1d34" +
-			"02ac38658b8102e6ebb35707f550ab106d27e2ce7f20e7ed14f8227b1ca2c6ba",
+		expected: "01bfb35cf41d809d572d1d891eb474e2c0decf67ebb0f1432edce06b75d73fe0" +
+			"36a1015a13c6bcf50a94b87f5ef2725cf892c40e0e0fbaa5ca33e02dc6d3f19d",
 	}, {
 		name:    "random key 7, blake256(0x07), rfc6979 nonce",
 		key:     "c249bbd5f533672b7dcd514eb1256854783531c2b85fe60bf4ce6ea1f26afc2b",
 		msg:     "07",
 		hash:    "53d661e71e47a0a7e416591200175122d83f8af31be6a70af7417ad6f54d0038",
-		nonce:   "0f8e20694fe766d7b79e5ac141e3542f2f3c3d2cc6d0f60e0ec263a46dbe6d49",
+		nonce:   "7eaa64ba668b3c77b0586695645707236f165a76ed7a53a04c833048995f8bc7",
 		rfc6979: true,
-		expected: "7a57a5222fb7d615eaa0041193f682262cebfa9b448f9c519d3644d0a3348521" +
-			"c2d8d91ba147a3f59557f02465f3e4e29adcc0988cbda169ed4a0e6992b258b1",
+		expected: "cb5bd3805bdd0a2e4daf58b30aa26b48c81ca59421ca320ad983c1eef672ad52" +
+			"5be5b6de8c0c343830bb803e0384a3942404485e8797cb48ac9ea332831fb5ad",
 	}, {
 		name:    "random key 8, blake256(0x08), rfc6979 nonce",
 		key:     "ec0be92fcec66cf1f97b5c39f83dfd4ddcad0dad468d3685b5eec556c6290bcc",
 		msg:     "08",
 		hash:    "9bff7982eab6f7883322edf7bdc86a23c87ca1c07906fbb1584f57b197dc6253",
-		nonce:   "ab7df49257d18f5f1b730cc7448f46bd82eb43e6e220f521fa7d23802310e24d",
+		nonce:   "63e12aa7d19a413577fbf6a0896f13040befb5b675f9238a09b9db400d9f454a",
 		rfc6979: true,
-		expected: "64f90b09c8b1763a3eeefd156e5d312f80a98c24017811c0163b1c0b01323668" +
-			"6f918ac37ead03f06ee7cf0cbe0927a3598874f5cfae087567ff6fd0904609f2",
+		expected: "9fbd427ddaef7c7ab87e5555c1faca398695e423ce44e5fc648b9203e38b69a0" +
+			"47f0752e1d421e24b3eb8666c9a966b86fd49438dda1a4987cb77f3147b8fa6a",
 	}, {
 		name:    "random key 9, blake256(0x09), rfc6979 nonce",
 		key:     "6847b071a7cba6a85099b26a9c3e57a964e4990620e1e1c346fecc4472c4d834",
 		msg:     "09",
 		hash:    "4c2231813064f8500edae05b40195416bd543fd3e76c16d6efb10c816d92e8b6",
-		nonce:   "48ea6c907e1cda596048d812439ccf416eece9a7de400c8a0e40bd48eb7e613a",
+		nonce:   "95adf9b15f485dc961061053838dbd0fb1fa8663ac344d78f3833acb5fdbfdc6",
 		rfc6979: true,
-		expected: "81fc600775d3cdcaa14f8629537299b8226a0c8bfce9320ce64a8d14e3f95bae" +
-			"faf7d1cdc07134f72fde4f0e306ed09543344a8c9834a5f134226fb2a12971e5",
+		expected: "cd9e9100f0fc8b631b40c4d93437eaf608e25ab6ad295d8b6460289ce571fb1e" +
+			"a91d3c16da2fb15ce0090702df4d824dc167a205af5824579a3e587646bf4251",
 	}, {
 		name:    "random key 10, blake256(0x0a), rfc6979 nonce",
 		key:     "b7548540f52fe20c161a0d623097f827608c56023f50442cc00cc50ad674f6b5",
 		msg:     "0a",
 		hash:    "e81db4f0d76e02805155441f50c861a8f86374f3ae34c7a3ff4111d3a634ecb1",
-		nonce:   "95c07e315cd5457e84270ca01019563c8eeaffb18ab4f23e88a44a0ff01c5f6f",
+		nonce:   "014c6f95c371ba1dd62e759229b65a7ffced18680f34789a204e1044926722ff",
 		rfc6979: true,
-		expected: "0d4cbf2da84f7448b083fce9b9c4e1834b5e2e98defcec7ec87e87c739f5fe78" +
-			"032b07372963fb913d86e7c911f69aa96a7821191b15210e99b8ce33c2b205a3",
+		expected: "c379f1c2a35b2f9712a5573fb59c4c29dfdc54cef833dc211716248d5c7e28e1" +
+			"6e180f905cd4459551eed45b2f85b4222d21d66eb2374d9f340920b42ff9807e",
 	}}
 
 	for _, test := range tests {
@@ -211,7 +211,8 @@ func TestSchnorrSignAndVerify(t *testing.T) {
 			continue
 		}
 		if test.rfc6979 {
-			calcNonce := secp256k1.NonceRFC6979(privKey, hash, nil, nil, 0)
+			calcNonce := secp256k1.NonceRFC6979(privKey, hash,
+				rfc6979ExtraDataV0[:], nil, 0)
 			calcNonceBytes := calcNonce.Bytes()
 			if !bytes.Equal(calcNonceBytes[:], nonce) {
 				t.Errorf("%s: mismatched test nonce -- expected: %x, given: %x",