multi-signature

Identifiable signatures

install

npm

npm i multi-signature --save

yarn

yarn add multi-signature

usage

import MultiSignature from 'multi-signature';
const multi = new MultiSignature(<version>, <codec>);
const signature = multi.sign(<data>, <key>); // base58 encoded MultiSignature
const data = 'some data';
const key = '1234';
const version = 0x00;
const codec = 0x01;

const multi2 = new MultiSignature(version, codec);
multi2.verify(signature, data, key); // returns boolean

const raw = multi2.signature; // raw signature
multi2.verifySignature(raw, data, key); // returns boolean

multi2.multiSignature; // base58 encoded MultiSignature
multi2.decoded // { version, codec, signature }

use case

Future proof cryptocurrency signatures (signatures are versioned & each version should be supported (with exceptions)). In short:

• disables the need for a "fork" when changing signature behaviour.
• nodes that aren't updated can (atleast for some time) contribute to the network by handling other not updated nodes their transactions.
• updated nodes can still handle older nodes their transactions (until some point in time or whenever an vulnerability is found.)
• flag vulnerable versions by sending a flag Message (flags are send to every node & accepted only when 3/4 off total nodes agree, this results into an lockdown off the flagged node, all other nodes will ignore it until the flagged has updated to the needed version).

API

sign

hash

description: data to sign type: buffer

key

description: privateKey type: buffer

new MultiSignature(version, codec).sign(data, key)

verify

multiSignature

description: multiSignature to verify type: string (MultiSignature encoded)

hash

description: data to verify type: buffer

key

description: publicKey type: buffer

new MultiSignature(version, codec).verify(multiSignature, data, key)

verifySignature

signature

description: signature to verify type: buffer

hash

description: data to verify type: buffer

key

description: publicKey type: buffer

new MultiSignature(version, codec).verifySignature(signature, data, key)

decode

multiSignature

description: multiSignature to decode type: string (MultiSignature encoded)

new MultiSignature(version, codec).decode(multiSignature)

encode

signature

description: signature type: buffer

new MultiSignature(version, codec).encode(signature)

LICENSE

Copyright (c) 2018 vandeurenglenn