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125 lines
3.9 KiB
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# bls
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[](https://codecov.io/gh/ChainSafe/lodestar)
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Javascript library for BLS (Boneh-Lynn-Shacham) signatures and signature aggregation, tailored for use in Eth2.
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## Usage
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```bash
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yarn add @chainsafe/bls
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```
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To use native bindings you must install peer dependency `@chainsafe/blst`
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```bash
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yarn add @chainsafe/bls @chainsafe/blst
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```
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You must initialize the library once in your application before using it. The result is cached and use across all your imports
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```ts
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import {init, SecretKey, secretKeyToPublicKey, sign, verify} from "@chainsafe/bls";
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(async () => {
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await init("herumi");
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// class-based interface
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const secretKey = SecretKey.fromKeygen();
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const publicKey = secretKey.toPublicKey();
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const message = new Uint8Array(32);
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const signature = secretKey.sign(message);
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console.log("Is valid: ", signature.verify(publicKey, message));
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// functional interface
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const sk = secretKey.toBytes();
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const pk = secretKeyToPublicKey(sk);
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const sig = sign(sk, message);
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console.log("Is valid: ", verify(pk, message, sig));
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})();
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```
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### Browser
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If you are in the browser, import from `/browser` to import directly the WASM version
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```ts
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import bls from "@chainsafe/bls/browser";
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```
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### Native bindings only
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If you are in NodeJS, import from `/node` to skip browser specific code. Also install peer dependency `@chainsafe/blst` which has the native bindings
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```bash
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yarn add @chainsafe/bls @chainsafe/blst
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```
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```ts
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import bls from "@chainsafe/bls/node";
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```
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### Native bindings + WASM fallback
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If you want to offer a fallback in NodeJS, first try to load native bindings and then fallback to WASM. Also install peer dependency `@chainsafe/blst` which has the native bindings
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```bash
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yarn add @chainsafe/bls @chainsafe/blst
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```
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```ts
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import {init} from "@chainsafe/bls";
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try {
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await init("blst-native");
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} catch (e) {
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await init("herumi");
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console.warn("Using WASM");
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}
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```
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The API is identical for all implementations.
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## Benchmarks
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- `blst`: [src/blst](src/blst) (node.js-only, bindings to C via node-gyp)
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- `herumi`: [src/herumi](src/herumi) (node.js & browser, wasm)
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- `noble`: [noble-bls12-381](https://github.com/paulmillr/noble-bls12-381) (node.js & browser, pure JS)
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Results are in `ops/sec (x times slower)`, where `x times slower` = times slower than fastest implementation (`blst`).
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| Function - `ops/sec` | `blst` | `herumi` | `noble` |
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| -------------------------------- | :----: | :----------: | :-----------: |
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| `verify` | 326.38 | 47.674 (x7) | 17.906 (x18) |
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| `verifyAggregate` (30) | 453.29 | 51.151 (x9) | 18.372 (x25) |
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| `verifyMultiple` (30) | 34.497 | 3.5233 (x10) | 2.0286 (x17) |
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| `verifyMultipleSignatures` (30) | 26.381 | 3.1633 (x8) | - |
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| `aggregate` (pubkeys, 30) | 15686 | 2898.9 (x5) | 1875.0 (x8) |
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| `aggregate` (sigs, 30) | 6373.4 | 1033.0 (x6) | 526.25 (x12) |
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| `sign` | 925.49 | 108.81 (x9) | 10.246 (x90) |
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\* `blst` and `herumi` performed 100 runs each, `noble` 10 runs.
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Results from CI run https://github.com/ChainSafe/bls/runs/1513710175?check_suite_focus=true#step:12:13
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## Spec versioning
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| Version | Bls spec hash-to-curve version |
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| ------- | :----------------------------: |
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| 5.x.x | draft #9 |
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| 2.x.x | draft #7 |
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| 1.x.x | draft #6 |
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| 0.3.x | initial version |
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> [spec](https://github.com/ethereum/eth2.0-specs/blob/v1.0.0/specs/phase0/beacon-chain.md#bls-signatures)
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> [test vectors](https://github.com/ethereum/eth2.0-spec-tests/tree/master/tests/bls)
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## License
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Apache-2.0
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