crypto

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crypto

crypto is the cryptographic package adapted for Tendermint's uses

Importing it

To get the interfaces, import "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/crypto"

For any specific algorithm, use its specific module e.g. import "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/crypto/ed25519"

If you want to decode bytes into one of the types, but don't care about the specific algorithm, use import "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/crypto/amino"

Binary encoding

For Binary encoding, please refer to the Tendermint encoding specification.

JSON Encoding

crypto .Bytes() uses Amino:binary encoding, but Amino:JSON is also supported.

Example Amino:JSON encodings:

ed25519.PrivKeyEd25519     - {"type":"tendermint/PrivKeyEd25519","value":"EVkqJO/jIXp3rkASXfh9YnyToYXRXhBr6g9cQVxPFnQBP/5povV4HTjvsy530kybxKHwEi85iU8YL0qQhSYVoQ=="}
ed25519.PubKeyEd25519      - {"type":"tendermint/PubKeyEd25519","value":"AT/+aaL1eB0477Mud9JMm8Sh8BIvOYlPGC9KkIUmFaE="}
sr25519.PrivKeySr25519   - {"type":"tendermint/PrivKeySr25519","value":"xtYVH8UCIqfrY8FIFc0QEpAEBShSG4NT0zlEOVSZ2w4="}
sr25519.PubKeySr25519    - {"type":"tendermint/PubKeySr25519","value":"8sKBLKQ/OoXMcAJVxBqz1U7TyxRFQ5cmliuHy4MrF0s="}
crypto.PrivKeySecp256k1   - {"type":"tendermint/PrivKeySecp256k1","value":"zx4Pnh67N+g2V+5vZbQzEyRerX9c4ccNZOVzM9RvJ0Y="}
crypto.PubKeySecp256k1    - {"type":"tendermint/PubKeySecp256k1","value":"A8lPKJXcNl5VHt1FK8a244K9EJuS4WX1hFBnwisi0IJx"}

Documentation

Index

• Constants
• func CRandBytes(numBytes int) []byte
• func CRandHex(numDigits int) string
• func CReader() io.Reader
• type Address
  • func AddressHash(bz []byte) Address
• type PrivKey
• type PubKey
• type Symmetric

Constants

const (
	// AddressSize is the size of a pubkey address.
	AddressSize = tmhash.TruncatedSize
)

const Version = "0.9.0-dev"

Functions

func CRandBytes

func CRandBytes(numBytes int) []byte

This only uses the OS's randomness

func CRandHex

func CRandHex(numDigits int) string

CRandHex returns a hex encoded string that's floor(numDigits/2) * 2 long.

Note: CRandHex(24) gives 96 bits of randomness that are usually strong enough for most purposes.

func CReader

func CReader() io.Reader

Returns a crand.Reader.

Types

type Address

type Address = bytes.HexBytes

An address is a []byte, but hex-encoded even in JSON. []byte leaves us the option to change the address length. Use an alias so Unmarshal methods (with ptr receivers) are available too.

func AddressHash

func AddressHash(bz []byte) Address

type PrivKey

type PrivKey interface {
	Bytes() []byte
	Sign(msg []byte) ([]byte, error)
	PubKey() PubKey
	Equals(PrivKey) bool
}

type PubKey

type PubKey interface {
	Address() Address
	Bytes() []byte
	VerifyBytes(msg []byte, sig []byte) bool
	Equals(PubKey) bool
}

type Symmetric

type Symmetric interface {
	Keygen() []byte
	Encrypt(plaintext []byte, secret []byte) (ciphertext []byte)
	Decrypt(ciphertext []byte, secret []byte) (plaintext []byte, err error)
}