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nutshell/cashu/core/legacy.py
2022-10-10 21:23:59 +02:00

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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)