import hashlib from secp256k1 import PublicKey def hash_to_point_pre_0_3_3(secret_msg): """Generates x coordinate from the message hash and checks if the point lies on the curve. If it does not, it tries computing again a new x coordinate from the hash of the coordinate.""" point = None msg = secret_msg while point is None: _hash = hashlib.sha256(msg).hexdigest().encode("utf-8") try: # We construct compressed pub which has x coordinate encoded with even y _hash = list(_hash[:33]) # take the 33 bytes and get a list of bytes _hash[0] = 0x02 # set first byte to represent even y coord _hash = bytes(_hash) point = PublicKey(_hash, raw=True) except: msg = _hash return point def verify_pre_0_3_3(a, C, secret_msg): Y = hash_to_point_pre_0_3_3(secret_msg.encode("utf-8")) return C == Y.mult(a)