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secp256k1-zkp/examples/chilldkg.c
Kgothatso Ngako d1c817b528 chilldkg: Phase 6 - test vectors, FROST integration, docs, example
Final phase of the ChillDKG module: upstream test vectors, a
DKG->FROST integration test, boundary tests, full module
documentation and a runnable example.

Test vectors:
- tools/test_vectors_chilldkg_generate.py converts all 10 upstream
  bip-frost-dkg JSON vector files into src/modules/chilldkg/vectors.h
  (modeled on tools/test_vectors_frost_generate.py; takes the vectors
  directory as an argument; upstream pinned to commit
  a91896883f85b159415ecf298d5e844879af112d, recorded in the generated
  header with the exact regeneration invocation; regeneration is
  reproducible byte-for-byte).
- tests_impl.h vector runners execute 191 of 241 upstream cases
  through the public API: hostpubkey_gen, params_hash,
  participant_step1/step2/finalize/investigate,
  coordinator_step1/finalize/investigate, recover. Happy paths are
  byte-exact (pmsg1/cmsg1/pmsg2/cmsg2/dkg_output/recovery/cinv);
  error cases assert both the fault enum and fault_index against
  expectedError.participantId. The 50 skipped cases are
  wrong-length/wrong-count inputs not expressible with the
  fixed-size C API; each skip is documented in vectors.h.

Boundary/robustness tests: t=1, t=n, n=2, a full n=128/t=2 session
end-to-end with per-participant secshare*G == pubshare checks and a
recovery roundtrip, and a state1 memcpy roundtrip (step2 from a copied
state object).

DKG->FROST integration test (guarded by ENABLE_MODULE_FROST): a full
ChillDKG session (n=3, t=2) feeds (secshare, thresh_pk, pubshares)
directly into the frost module. ChillDKG's thresh_pk is already
TapTweak'ed, so frost_tweak_cache_init is called with no further
tweaks (frost's tweaked x-only key asserted equal to the x-only part
of the ChillDKG thresh_pk); signers 0 and 2 run nonce_gen, nonce_agg,
session_init with the shared x = id+1 convention, frost_sign,
partial_sig_verify and partial_sig_agg; the aggregate signature
verifies as a plain BIP-340 signature against the threshold key.

Example: examples/chilldkg.c runs a full 2-of-3 DKG session (host key
generation, params hash, participant/coordinator steps, finalize, and
a recovery roundtrip via participant_recover) with fixed-size buffers
and secret erasure. Wired into Makefile.am and
examples/CMakeLists.txt exactly like frost_example (runs as a TEST);
chilldkg_example binary added to .gitignore.

Docs: src/modules/chilldkg/chilldkg.md now documents the protocol
summary, message-flow table with exact byte sizes, blame taxonomy,
recovery workflow, security notes (host key reuse/retention, fresh
randomness per session, state secrecy, recovery-data sensitivity) and
the pinned reference commit; src/modules/frost/frost.md points at the
new module as the intended DKG.

Bug fix found by the vector runner (recover tcId 9): the internal
recover() passed a possibly-NULL fault_index from coordinator_recover
to certeq_verify, which dereferences it on failure; now uses a local.

Verified: make check 10/10 (3 test suites + 7 examples incl.
chilldkg_example, exit 0 when run); CMake ctest 428/428 with chilldkg
+ frost, and a no-frost build confirms the ENABLE_MODULE_FROST guard;
make distdir includes vectors.h, the example and the generator.

The module is feature-complete against bip-frost-dkg v0.3.0-dev at
a91896883f85b159415ecf298d5e844879af112d. The BIP is still a draft;
tagged hashes and wire formats may change upstream.
2026-08-31 06:52:58 +02:00

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/*************************************************************************
* 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 *
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*************************************************************************/
/** This file demonstrates how to use the ChillDKG module to run a 2-of-3
* distributed key generation (DKG) session for FROST (BIP 445) threshold
* signatures. Additionally, see the documentation in
* include/secp256k1_chilldkg.h and src/modules/chilldkg/chilldkg.md.
*
* The example runs all roles (participants and coordinator) in a single
* process. In a real deployment these roles are performed by different
* parties communicating over secure/authenticated channels, and the
* coordinator is untrusted.
*
* The resulting key material (secret share, threshold public key and public
* shares) can be used with the FROST signing module (see examples/frost.c).
*/
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <secp256k1.h>
#include <secp256k1_chilldkg.h>
#include "examples_util.h"
/* Total number of participants n */
#define N_PARTICIPANTS 3
/* Threshold t: the minimum number of signers required to produce a
* signature */
#define THRESHOLD 2
struct participant {
/* Long-term secret key; the participant's identity. All session outputs
* can be recovered from the hostseckey and the recovery data. */
unsigned char hostseckey[32];
unsigned char hostpubkey[33];
secp256k1_chilldkg_participant_state1 state1;
secp256k1_chilldkg_participant_state2 state2;
/* Buffers for the messages sent to the coordinator */
unsigned char pmsg1[33 * THRESHOLD + 32 * N_PARTICIPANTS + 97];
unsigned char pmsg2[64];
/* Outputs */
unsigned char secshare[32];
unsigned char recovery[4 + 33 * THRESHOLD + 162 * N_PARTICIPANTS];
};
int main(void) {
secp256k1_context *ctx;
struct participant participants[N_PARTICIPANTS];
secp256k1_chilldkg_coordinator_state coord_state;
unsigned char hostpubkeys[N_PARTICIPANTS * 33];
unsigned char params_hash[32];
unsigned char cmsg1[162 * N_PARTICIPANTS + 33 * (THRESHOLD - 1)];
unsigned char cmsg2[64 * N_PARTICIPANTS];
const unsigned char *pmsg1_ptrs[N_PARTICIPANTS];
const unsigned char *pmsg2_ptrs[N_PARTICIPANTS];
unsigned char thresh_pk[33];
unsigned char pubshares[N_PARTICIPANTS * 33];
unsigned char coord_recovery[sizeof(participants[0].recovery)];
uint32_t fault_index;
secp256k1_chilldkg_fault fault;
int i;
ctx = secp256k1_context_create(SECP256K1_CONTEXT_NONE);
/* Every participant generates a long-term host key pair. The hostseckey
* must be generated with a cryptographically secure random number
* generator and stored securely. */
printf("Generating host keys...\n");
for (i = 0; i < N_PARTICIPANTS; i++) {
if (!fill_random(participants[i].hostseckey, 32)) {
printf("Failed to generate randomness\n");
return EXIT_FAILURE;
}
if (!secp256k1_chilldkg_hostpubkey_gen(ctx, participants[i].hostpubkey, participants[i].hostseckey)) {
printf("Failed to generate host public key\n");
return EXIT_FAILURE;
}
memcpy(&hostpubkeys[33 * i], participants[i].hostpubkey, 33);
}
/* The participants exchange their host public keys (over authenticated
* channels) and compare the parameters hash out of band to ensure they
* all agree on the session parameters. */
if (!secp256k1_chilldkg_params_hash(ctx, params_hash, hostpubkeys, N_PARTICIPANTS, THRESHOLD)) {
printf("Invalid session parameters\n");
return EXIT_FAILURE;
}
printf("Session parameters hash: ");
print_hex(params_hash, 32);
/* Step 1: every participant creates its first message and sends it to the
* coordinator. The randomness must be FRESH for every session. */
printf("Running participant step 1...\n");
for (i = 0; i < N_PARTICIPANTS; i++) {
unsigned char random32[32];
if (!fill_random(random32, 32)) {
printf("Failed to generate randomness\n");
return EXIT_FAILURE;
}
if (!secp256k1_chilldkg_participant_step1(ctx, &participants[i].state1, participants[i].pmsg1, participants[i].hostseckey, hostpubkeys, N_PARTICIPANTS, THRESHOLD, random32)) {
printf("participant_step1 failed\n");
return EXIT_FAILURE;
}
secure_erase(random32, sizeof(random32));
pmsg1_ptrs[i] = participants[i].pmsg1;
}
/* Step 1 (coordinator): the coordinator aggregates the first messages and
* broadcasts cmsg1 to all participants. */
printf("Running coordinator step 1...\n");
fault = secp256k1_chilldkg_coordinator_step1(ctx, &coord_state, cmsg1, &fault_index, pmsg1_ptrs, hostpubkeys, N_PARTICIPANTS, THRESHOLD);
if (fault != SECP256K1_CHILLDKG_OK) {
printf("coordinator_step1 failed (fault %d, index %u)\n", fault, fault_index);
return EXIT_FAILURE;
}
/* Step 2: every participant verifies cmsg1, computes its DKG output, and
* sends a CertEq signature over the session transcript to the
* coordinator. */
printf("Running participant step 2...\n");
for (i = 0; i < N_PARTICIPANTS; i++) {
unsigned char aux_rand32[32];
if (!fill_random(aux_rand32, 32)) {
printf("Failed to generate randomness\n");
return EXIT_FAILURE;
}
fault = secp256k1_chilldkg_participant_step2(ctx, &participants[i].state2, participants[i].pmsg2, &fault_index, NULL, &participants[i].state1, participants[i].hostseckey, cmsg1, aux_rand32);
secure_erase(aux_rand32, sizeof(aux_rand32));
if (fault != SECP256K1_CHILLDKG_OK) {
printf("participant_step2 failed for participant %d (fault %d, index %u)\n", i, fault, fault_index);
return EXIT_FAILURE;
}
pmsg2_ptrs[i] = participants[i].pmsg2;
}
/* Step 2 (coordinator): the coordinator collects the CertEq signatures
* into the certificate and broadcasts it to all participants. */
printf("Running coordinator finalize...\n");
fault = secp256k1_chilldkg_coordinator_finalize(ctx, cmsg2, thresh_pk, pubshares, coord_recovery, &fault_index, &coord_state, pmsg2_ptrs);
if (fault != SECP256K1_CHILLDKG_OK) {
printf("coordinator_finalize failed (fault %d, index %u)\n", fault, fault_index);
return EXIT_FAILURE;
}
/* Finalize: every participant verifies the certificate and outputs the
* DKG result and the recovery data. */
printf("Running participant finalize...\n");
for (i = 0; i < N_PARTICIPANTS; i++) {
fault = secp256k1_chilldkg_participant_finalize(ctx, participants[i].secshare, thresh_pk, pubshares, participants[i].recovery, &fault_index, &participants[i].state2, cmsg2);
if (fault != SECP256K1_CHILLDKG_OK) {
printf("participant_finalize failed for participant %d (fault %d, index %u)\n", i, fault, fault_index);
return EXIT_FAILURE;
}
/* All participants (and the coordinator) hold identical recovery
* data. Keep it safe: anyone with the recovery data and their
* hostseckey can recover the DKG output, e.g. after data loss. */
if (memcmp(participants[i].recovery, coord_recovery, sizeof(coord_recovery)) != 0) {
printf("recovery data mismatch\n");
return EXIT_FAILURE;
}
}
printf("Threshold public key: ");
print_hex(thresh_pk, 33);
for (i = 0; i < N_PARTICIPANTS; i++) {
printf("Public share of participant %d: ", i);
print_hex(&pubshares[33 * i], 33);
}
/* Recovery: a participant can recover its DKG output from a backup of its
* hostseckey and the recovery data at any time. */
printf("Recovering participant 0 from recovery data...\n");
{
unsigned char rec_secshare[32];
unsigned char rec_thresh_pk[33];
unsigned char rec_pubshares[N_PARTICIPANTS * 33];
unsigned char rec_hostpubkeys[N_PARTICIPANTS * 33];
size_t n_rec;
uint32_t t_rec;
fault = secp256k1_chilldkg_participant_recover(ctx, rec_secshare, rec_thresh_pk, rec_pubshares, rec_hostpubkeys, &n_rec, &t_rec, &fault_index, participants[0].hostseckey, participants[0].recovery, sizeof(participants[0].recovery));
if (fault != SECP256K1_CHILLDKG_OK) {
printf("participant_recover failed (fault %d, index %u)\n", fault, fault_index);
return EXIT_FAILURE;
}
if (n_rec != N_PARTICIPANTS || t_rec != THRESHOLD
|| memcmp(rec_secshare, participants[0].secshare, 32) != 0
|| memcmp(rec_thresh_pk, thresh_pk, 33) != 0) {
printf("recovered output mismatch\n");
return EXIT_FAILURE;
}
secure_erase(rec_secshare, sizeof(rec_secshare));
}
printf("DKG session completed successfully.\n");
/* Clear secrets from memory (see examples/frost.c for why). The
* participants' state2 objects have been consumed by
* participant_finalize. */
for (i = 0; i < N_PARTICIPANTS; i++) {
secure_erase(participants[i].hostseckey, 32);
secure_erase(participants[i].secshare, 32);
}
secp256k1_context_destroy(ctx);
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}