What is secp256k1, is it the curve that is always used
Indeed the elliptic curve used in Bitcoin is secp256k1 which is the curve defined using a=0 and b=7 in your equation mod p. But other curves are used for other use cases (maybe other cryptocurrencies too, not sure).
does it generate the field in order to generate a new curve.
No the curve stays the same. The field size p is implicitly defined by the curve. In secp256k1's case p = 2^256 - 2^32 - 977 or p = 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFEFFFFFC2F in hex and is prime.
The generator point G (on the curve) is (Gx, Gy) where
Gx=0x79BE667EF9DCBBAC55A06295CE870B07029BFCDB2DCE28D959F2815B16F81798
Gy=0x483ADA7726A3C4655DA4FBFC0E1108A8FD17B448A68554199C47D08FFB10D4B8
The curve order (how many points there are on the curve) of secp256k1 is:
n = 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFEBAAEDCE6AF48A03BBFD25E8CD0364141
For more details see Jimmy Song's first three chapters of his book Programming Bitcoin.
The question in the title asks about generating the public key. That is calculated by effectively multiplying the generator point G (coordinates) by the private key (scalar).
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