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app commonware-vrf

Generate bias-resistant randomness with untrusted contributors using commonware-cryptography and commonware-p2p

13 releases

new 0.0.14 Dec 15, 2024
0.0.13 Dec 9, 2024
0.0.12 Nov 5, 2024
0.0.11 Oct 31, 2024
0.0.5 Aug 31, 2024

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151 downloads per month

MIT/Apache

575KB
12K SLoC

commonware-vrf

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Generate bias-resistant randomness with untrusted contributors using commonware-cryptography and commonware-p2p.

Usage (2 of 4 Threshold)

Arbiter

cargo run --release -- --me 0@3000 --participants 0,1,2,3,4 --contributors 1,2,3,4

Contributor 1

cargo run --release -- --bootstrappers 0@127.0.0.1:3000 --me 1@3001 --participants 0,1,2,3,4  --arbiter 0 --contributors 1,2,3,4

Contributor 2

cargo run --release -- --bootstrappers 0@127.0.0.1:3000 --me 2@3002 --participants 0,1,2,3,4  --arbiter 0 --contributors 1,2,3,4

Contributor 3

cargo run --release -- --bootstrappers 0@127.0.0.1:3000 --me 3@3003 --participants 0,1,2,3,4  --arbiter 0 --contributors 1,2,3,4

Contributor 4 (Rogue)

Send invalid shares to other contributors.

cargo run --release -- --rogue --bootstrappers 0@127.0.0.1:3000 --me 4@3004 --participants 0,1,2,3,4 --arbiter 0 --contributors 1,2,3,4

Contributor 4 (Lazy)

Only share t-1 shares. Post one share to arbiter to ensure commitment isn't dropped.

cargo run --release -- --lazy --bootstrappers 0@127.0.0.1:3000 --me 4@3004 --participants 0,1,2,3,4 --arbiter 0 --contributors 1,2,3,4

Dependencies

~20–32MB
~561K SLoC