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# bls
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Javascript library for BLS (Boneh-Lynn-Shacham) signatures and signature aggregation, tailored for use in Eth2.
## Usage
```bash
yarn add @chainsafe/bls
```
To use native bindings you must install peer dependency `@chainsafe/blst`
```bash
yarn add @chainsafe/bls @chainsafe/blst
```
By default, native bindings will be used if in NodeJS and they are installed. A WASM implementation ("herumi") is used as a fallback in case any error occurs.
```ts
import {SecretKey, secretKeyToPublicKey, sign, verify} from "@chainsafe/bls";
(async () => {
await init("herumi");
// class-based interface
const secretKey = SecretKey.fromKeygen();
const publicKey = secretKey.toPublicKey();
const message = new Uint8Array(32);
const signature = secretKey.sign(message);
console.log("Is valid: ", signature.verify(publicKey, message));
// functional interface
const sk = secretKey.toBytes();
const pk = secretKeyToPublicKey(sk);
const sig = sign(sk, message);
console.log("Is valid: ", verify(pk, message, sig));
})();
```
### Browser
If you are in the browser, import from `/herumi` to explicitly import the WASM version
```ts
import bls from "@chainsafe/bls/herumi";
```
### Native bindings only
If you are in NodeJS, import from `/blst-native` to explicitly import the native bindings. Also install peer dependency `@chainsafe/blst` which has the native bindings
```bash
yarn add @chainsafe/bls @chainsafe/blst
```
```ts
import bls from "@chainsafe/bls/blst-native";
```
### Get implementation at runtime
If you need to get a bls implementation at runtime, import from `/getImplementation`.
```ts
import {getImplementation} from "@chainsafe/bls/getImplementation";
const bls = await getImplementation("herumi");
```
### Switchable singleton
If you need a singleton that is switchable at runtime (the default behavior in <=v6), import from `/switchable`.
```ts
import bls, {init} from "@chainsafe/bls/switchable";
// here `bls` is uninitialized
await init("herumi");
// here `bls` is initialized
// now other modules can `import bls from "@chainsafe/bls/switchable"` and it will be initialized
```
The API is identical for all implementations.
## Benchmarks
- `blst`: [src/blst-native](src/blst-native) (node.js-only, bindings to C via node-gyp)
- `herumi`: [src/herumi](src/herumi) (node.js & browser, wasm)
- `noble`: [noble-bls12-381](https://github.com/paulmillr/noble-bls12-381) (node.js & browser, pure JS)
Results are in `ops/sec (x times slower)`, where `x times slower` = times slower than fastest implementation (`blst`).
| Function - `ops/sec` | `blst` | `herumi` | `noble` |
| -------------------------------- | :----: | :----------: | :-----------: |
| `verify` | 326.38 | 47.674 (x7) | 17.906 (x18) |
| `verifyAggregate` (30) | 453.29 | 51.151 (x9) | 18.372 (x25) |
| `verifyMultiple` (30) | 34.497 | 3.5233 (x10) | 2.0286 (x17) |
| `verifyMultipleSignatures` (30) | 26.381 | 3.1633 (x8) | - |
| `aggregate` (pubkeys, 30) | 15686 | 2898.9 (x5) | 1875.0 (x8) |
| `aggregate` (sigs, 30) | 6373.4 | 1033.0 (x6) | 526.25 (x12) |
| `sign` | 925.49 | 108.81 (x9) | 10.246 (x90) |
\* `blst` and `herumi` performed 100 runs each, `noble` 10 runs.
Results from CI run https://github.com/ChainSafe/bls/runs/1513710175?check_suite_focus=true#step:12:13
## Spec versioning
| Version | Bls spec hash-to-curve version |
| ------- | :----------------------------: |
| 5.x.x | draft #9 |
| 2.x.x | draft #7 |
| 1.x.x | draft #6 |
| 0.3.x | initial version |
> [spec](https://github.com/ethereum/eth2.0-specs/blob/v1.0.0/specs/phase0/beacon-chain.md#bls-signatures)
> [test vectors](https://github.com/ethereum/eth2.0-spec-tests/tree/master/tests/bls)
## License
Apache-2.0