README.md

ec_generic

This crate is a minimal and easy-to-use elliptic curve library. This library allows to perform the following operations over an elliptic curve finite cyclic group:

• Point Addition: R = P + Q
• Point Doubling: R = P + P = 2 * P
• Scalar Multiplication: R = d * P

A generic elliptic curve is defined as y^2 = x^3 + ax + b mod p, and in this particular library the constrains are:

• p should be a prime number bigger than 3
• 4 a^3 + 27 b^2 != 0

The library could be use in any cryptographic algorithm that requires elliptic curve groups, for example:

• Digital Signature Algorithm (DSA)
• Zero-Knowledge Proofs (ZKP)

Usage

This crate is on crates.io and can be used by adding regex to your dependencies in your project's Cargo.toml.

[dependencies]
ec_generic = "0.1.14"

Example: y^2 = x^3 + 2x + 2 mod 17

use ec_generic::{EllipticCurve, Point};
use num_bigint::BigUint;

let ec = EllipticCurve {
    a: BigUint::from(2u32),
    b: BigUint::from(2u32),
    p: BigUint::from(17u32),
};

// (6,3) + (5,1) = (10,6)
let p1 = Point::Coor(BigUint::from(6u32), BigUint::from(3u32));
let p2 = Point::Coor(BigUint::from(5u32), BigUint::from(1u32));
let pr = Ok(Point::Coor(BigUint::from(10u32), BigUint::from(6u32)));

let res = ec.add(&p1, &p2);
assert_eq!(res, pr);

let res = ec.add(&p2, &p1);
assert_eq!(res, pr);

Example: secp256k1: y^2 = x^3 + 7 mod p (large)

use ec_generic::{EllipticCurve, Point};
use num_bigint::BigUint;

let p = BigUint::parse_bytes(
    b"FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFEFFFFFC2F",
    16,
)
.expect("could not convert p");

let n = BigUint::parse_bytes(
    b"FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFEBAAEDCE6AF48A03BBFD25E8CD0364141",
    16,
)
.expect("could not convert n");

let gx = BigUint::parse_bytes(
    b"79BE667EF9DCBBAC55A06295CE870B07029BFCDB2DCE28D959F2815B16F81798",
    16,
)
.expect("could not convert gx");

let gy = BigUint::parse_bytes(
    b"483ADA7726A3C4655DA4FBFC0E1108A8FD17B448A68554199C47D08FFB10D4B8",
    16,
)
.expect("could not convert gy");

let ec = EllipticCurve {
    a: BigUint::from(0u32),
    b: BigUint::from(7u32),
    p,
};

let g = Point::Coor(gx, gy);

// n * G = I (Identity)
let res = ec.scalar_mul(&g, &n);

assert_eq!(res, Ok(Point::Identity));