Add a Schnorr signing and verifying example

Co-authored-by: Jonas Nick <jonasd.nick@gmail.com>

Author: elichai

examples/schnorr.c

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+/*************************************************************************
+ * Written in 2020-2022 by Elichai Turkel                                *
+ * To the extent possible under law, the author(s) have dedicated all    *
+ * copyright and related and neighboring rights to the software in this  *
+ * file to the public domain worldwide. This software is distributed     *
+ * without any warranty. For the CC0 Public Domain Dedication, see       *
+ * EXAMPLES_COPYING or https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 *
+ *************************************************************************/
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include <secp256k1.h>
+#include <secp256k1_extrakeys.h>
+#include <secp256k1_schnorrsig.h>
+
+#include "random.h"
+
+int main(void) {
+    /* Instead of signing the message directly, we must sign a 32-byte hash.
+     * Here the message is "Hello, world!" and the hash function was SHA-256.
+     * An actual implementation should just call SHA-256, but this example
+     * hardcodes the output to avoid depending on an additional library. */
+    unsigned char msg_hash[32] = {
+        0x31, 0x5F, 0x5B, 0xDB, 0x76, 0xD0, 0x78, 0xC4,
+        0x3B, 0x8A, 0xC0, 0x06, 0x4E, 0x4A, 0x01, 0x64,
+        0x61, 0x2B, 0x1F, 0xCE, 0x77, 0xC8, 0x69, 0x34,
+        0x5B, 0xFC, 0x94, 0xC7, 0x58, 0x94, 0xED, 0xD3,
+    };
+    unsigned char seckey[32];
+    unsigned char randomize[32];
+    unsigned char auxiliary_rand[32];
+    unsigned char serialized_pubkey[32];
+    unsigned char signature[64];
+    int is_signature_valid;
+    int return_val;
+    secp256k1_xonly_pubkey pubkey;
+    secp256k1_keypair keypair;
+    /* The specification in secp256k1_extrakeys.h states that `secp256k1_keypair_create`
+     * needs a context object initialized for signing. And in secp256k1_schnorrsig.h
+     * they state that `secp256k1_schnorrsig_verify` needs a context initialized for
+     * verification, which is why we create a context for both signing and verification
+     * with the SECP256K1_CONTEXT_SIGN and SECP256K1_CONTEXT_VERIFY flags. */
+    secp256k1_context* ctx = secp256k1_context_create(SECP256K1_CONTEXT_SIGN | SECP256K1_CONTEXT_VERIFY);
+    if (!fill_random(randomize, sizeof(randomize))) {
+        printf("Failed to generate randomness\n");
+        return 1;
+    }
+    /* Randomizing the context is recommended to protect against side-channel
+     * leakage See `secp256k1_context_randomize` in secp256k1.h for more
+     * information about it. This should never fail. */
+    return_val = secp256k1_context_randomize(ctx, randomize);
+    assert(return_val);
+
+    /*** Key Generation ***/
+
+    /* If the secret key is zero or out of range (bigger than secp256k1's
+     * order), we try to sample a new key. Note that the probability of this
+     * happening is negligible. */
+    while (1) {
+        if (!fill_random(seckey, sizeof(seckey))) {
+            printf("Failed to generate randomness\n");
+            return 1;
+        }
+        /* Try to create a keypair with a valid context, it should only fail if
+         * the secret key is zero or out of range. */
+        if (secp256k1_keypair_create(ctx, &keypair, seckey)) {
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /* Extract the X-only public key from the keypair. We pass NULL for
+     * `pk_parity` as the parity isn't needed for signing or verification.
+     * `secp256k1_keypair_xonly_pub` supports returning the parity for
+     * other use cases such as tests or verifying Taproot tweaks.
+     * This should never fail with a valid context and public key. */
+    return_val = secp256k1_keypair_xonly_pub(ctx, &pubkey, NULL, &keypair);
+    assert(return_val);
+
+    /* Serialize the public key. Should always return 1 for a valid public key. */
+    return_val = secp256k1_xonly_pubkey_serialize(ctx, serialized_pubkey, &pubkey);
+    assert(return_val);
+
+    /*** Signing ***/
+
+    /* Generate 32 bytes of randomness to use with BIP-340 schnorr signing. */
+    if (!fill_random(auxiliary_rand, sizeof(auxiliary_rand))) {
+        printf("Failed to generate randomness\n");
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    /* Generate a Schnorr signature `noncefp` and `ndata` allows you to pass a
+     * custom nonce function, passing `NULL` will use the BIP-340 safe default.
+     * BIP-340 recommends passing 32 bytes of randomness to the nonce function to
+     * improve security against side-channel attacks. Signing with a valid
+     * context, verified keypair and the default nonce function should never
+     * fail. */
+    return_val = secp256k1_schnorrsig_sign(ctx, signature, msg_hash, &keypair, auxiliary_rand);
+    assert(return_val);
+
+    /*** Verification ***/
+
+    /* Deserialize the public key. This will return 0 if the public key can't
+     * be parsed correctly */
+    if (!secp256k1_xonly_pubkey_parse(ctx, &pubkey, serialized_pubkey)) {
+        printf("Failed parsing the public key\n");
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    /* Verify a signature. This will return 1 if it's valid and 0 if it's not. */
+    is_signature_valid = secp256k1_schnorrsig_verify(ctx, signature, msg_hash, 32, &pubkey);
+
+
+    printf("Is the signature valid? %s\n", is_signature_valid ? "true" : "false");
+    printf("Secret Key: ");
+    print_hex(seckey, sizeof(seckey));
+    printf("Public Key: ");
+    print_hex(serialized_pubkey, sizeof(serialized_pubkey));
+    printf("Signature: ");
+    print_hex(signature, sizeof(signature));
+
+    /* This will clear everything from the context and free the memory */
+    secp256k1_context_destroy(ctx);
+
+    /* It's best practice to try to clear secrets from memory after using them.
+     * This is done because some bugs can allow an attacker to leak memory, for
+     * example through "out of bounds" array access (see Heartbleed), Or the OS
+     * swapping them to disk. Hence, we overwrite the secret key buffer with zeros.
+     *
+     * TODO: Prevent these writes from being optimized out, as any good compiler
+     * will remove any writes that aren't used. */
+    memset(seckey, 0, sizeof(seckey));
+
+    return 0;
+}