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The valuation contributes one factor $C_2$. The unit decomposition of the 2-adic Gaussian field contributes ${\mu }_4/{\mu }_4^2\cong C_2$ and the additive quotient ${\mathbb{Z}}_2[i]/2{\mathbb{Z}}_2[i]\cong C_2^2$. Thus there are sixteen square classes and fifteen quadratic extensions over this field.

Suppose the ring of integers of a number field is a principal ideal domain, $a,b$ are integral, and $b$ is a unit. On $y^2=x(x^2+ax+b)$ every nonzero $x$-coordinate has even valuation at every finite prime: positive valuation gives $2v(y)=v(x)$, and negative valuation gives $2v(y)=3v(x)$. Thus the two-torsion square-class homomorphism takes values among unit square classes. For the Gaussian integers, their unit group modulo squares has two elements, represented by $1,i$. This can reduce a two-isogeny descent to a very small calculation even though the field contains no ordering.

For odd $p$, a p-adic unit is a square exactly when its residue is a square, by the Hensel lemma. Its unit square-class group is $C_2$. For $p=2$, a unit is a square exactly when it is congruent to one modulo eight, by the strong form of Hensel lemma. The four square classes are represented by $1,3,5,7$, giving $C_2\times C_2$.