diff --git a/Blind-signature-specification.md b/Blind-signature-specification.md index e2a97f7..3a637b7 100644 --- a/Blind-signature-specification.md +++ b/Blind-signature-specification.md @@ -1,22 +1,23 @@ -WIP +# Blind signatures +**WIP** Blind signatures use the following primitives which need to be saved into a file system or transferred over the network: -BigNum (32B): since the curve is secp256k1, the bignums are 256bits long (32 bytes). They are serialized using OpenSSL's BN_bn2binpad +**BigNum (32B)**: since the curve is secp256k1, the bignums are 256bits long (32 bytes). They are serialized using OpenSSL's BN_bn2binpad -Eliptic curve points (33B): again, since we're using secp256k1, the coordinates X and Y are 32 bytes. We use compressed format compatible with OpenSSL's EC_POINT_set_compressed_coordinates. I tried to replicate how it's stored in other places and how OpenSSL behaves, so the data should be loadable by other software just like a bitcoin private key +**Eliptic curve points (33B)**: again, since we're using secp256k1, the coordinates X and Y are 32 bytes. We use compressed format compatible with OpenSSL's EC_POINT_set_compressed_coordinates. I tried to replicate how it's stored in other places and how OpenSSL behaves, so the data should be loadable by other software just like a bitcoin private key - the first byte is 0x02 or 0x03 (which determines which of the two Y coordinates it uses, the difference is that one is even and one is odd. Other bits are ignored by Bitmessage - the next 32 bytes are the X coordinate (which is a bignum) -Private key (32B): private key is a 256 bit bignum +**Private key (32B)**: private key is a 256 bit bignum -Public key: public key is two bytes of parameters followed by an EC Point as described above +**Public key**: public key is two bytes of parameters followed by an EC Point as described above - first byte is expiration, split into two 4-bit parts. The lower 4 bits are month (0 - 11), and the higher 4 bits are year (add 2020 to get the actual year). For example 0x03 is April 2020. - second byte is value (1-255) - the rest of the bytes (33B) is an EC point -Random integer provided by the signer to the requester during signing (33B): is an EC point +**Random integer provided by the signer to the requester during signing (33B)**: is an EC point -Blinded signature(32B): Blinded signature is a 256bit bignum +**Blinded signature(32B)**: Blinded signature is a 256bit bignum -Unblinded Signature (65B) is a bignum (32B) followed by an EC point (33B) \ No newline at end of file +**Unblinded Signature (65B)**: is a bignum (32B) followed by an EC point (33B) \ No newline at end of file