Schnorr Signatures

A javaScript library for signing and verifying Schnorr Signatures.
It can be used for single and multi signatures.
Blockchain validation via ecrecover is also supported.

Typescript support

Since version 2.0.0, we're moving entirely to Typescript.

Breaking changes

• sign() and multiSigSign() return an instance of SignatureOutput. Each element in it has a buffer property
  • instead of e we return challenge for the Schnorr Challenge. To accces its value, use challenge.buffer
  • instead of s we return signature for the Schnorr Signature. To accces its value, use signature.buffer
  • instead of R we return finalPublicNonce for the nonce. To accces its value, use finalPublicNonce.buffer
• getCombinedPublicKey() returns a Key class. To get the actual key, use key.buffer
• a lot of method become static as they don't keep any state:
  • verify
  • sign
  • sumSigs
  • getCombinedPublicKey
  • getCombinedAddress

Requirements:

• Node: >=16.0.0, <20.0.0
• npm (Node.js package manager) v9.x.x

Installation

git clone https://github.com/borislav-itskov/schnorrkel.js
cd schnorrkel.js
npm i

Testing

npx hardhat node
npm run test

Usage

Single Signatures

We refer to Single Signatures as ones that have a single signer.

Sign:

import Schnorrkel from 'schnorrkel'

const privateKey = randomBytes(32) // Buffer
const msg = 'test message'
const {signature, finalPublicNonce} = Schnorrkel.sign(privateKey, msg)

Offchain verification:

const publicKey: Buffer = ... (derived from the privateKey)
// signature and finalPublicNonce come from s
const result = Schnorrkel.verify(signature, msg, finalPublicNonce, publicKey)

Onchain verification:

First, you will need a contract that verifies schnorr. We have it in the repository and it is called SchnorrAccountAbstraction.
But all in all, you need this onchain:

function verifySchnorr(bytes32 hash, bytes memory sig) internal pure returns (bool) {
    // px := public key x-coord
    // e := schnorr signature challenge
    // s := schnorr signature
    // parity := public key y-coord parity (27 or 28)
    (bytes32 px, bytes32 e, bytes32 s, uint8 parity) = abi.decode(sig, (bytes32, bytes32, bytes32, uint8));
    // ecrecover = (m, v, r, s);
    bytes32 sp = bytes32(Q - mulmod(uint256(s), uint256(px), Q));
    bytes32 ep = bytes32(Q - mulmod(uint256(e), uint256(px), Q));

    require(sp != Q);
    // the ecrecover precompile implementation checks that the `r` and `s`
    // inputs are non-zero (in this case, `px` and `ep`), thus we don't need to
    // check if they're zero.
    address R = ecrecover(sp, parity, px, ep);
    require(R != address(0), "ecrecover failed");
    return e == keccak256(abi.encodePacked(R, uint8(parity), px, hash));
}

We explain how ecrecover works and why it is needed later in this document.
Let's send a request to the local hardhat node. First run in the terminal:

npx hardhat node

Afterwards, here is part of the code:

import { ethers } from 'ethers'
import secp256k1 from 'secp256k1'

const address = 'input schnorr generated address here'
const factory = new ethers.ContractFactory(SchnorrAccountAbstraction.abi, SchnorrAccountAbstraction.bytecode, wallet)
const contract: any = await factory.deploy([address])

const privateKey: Buffer = '...'
const pkBuffer = new Key(Buffer.from(ethers.utils.arrayify(privateKey)))
const msg = 'just a test message';
const sig = schnorrkel.sign(msg, privateKey);

// wrap the result
const publicKey = secp256k1.publicKeyCreate(ethers.utils.arrayify(privateKey))
const px = publicKey.slice(1, 33);
const parity = publicKey[0] - 2 + 27;
const abiCoder = new ethers.utils.AbiCoder();
const sigData = abiCoder.encode([ "bytes32", "bytes32", "bytes32", "uint8" ], [
    px,
    sig.challenge.buffer,
    sig.signature.buffer,
    parity
]);
const msgHash = ethers.utils.solidityKeccak256(['string'], [msg]);
const result = await contract.isValidSignature(msgHash, sigData);

You can see the full implementation in tests/schnorrkel/onchainSingleSign.test.ts in this repository.

Multisig

Schnorr multisignatures work on the basis n/n - all of the signers need to sign in order for the signature to be valid.
Below are all the steps needed to craft a successful multisig.

Public nonces

Public nonces need to be exchanged between signers before they sign. Normally, the Signer should implement this library as define a getPublicNonces method that will call the library and return the nonces. For our test example, we're going to call the schnorrkel library directly:

const privateKey1: Buffer = '...'
const privateKey2: Buffer = '...'
const publicNonces1 = schnorrkel.generatePublicNonces(privateKey1);
const publicNonces2 = schnorrkel.generatePublicNonces(privateKey2);

Again, this isn't how the flow is supposed to work. A signer needs to implement the library and when getPublicNonces is called, the user should be ask whether he is okay to generate and give his public nonces.

sign

After we have them, here is how to sign:

const publicKey1: Buffer = '...'
const publicKey2: Buffer = '...'
const publicKeys = [publicKey1, publicKey2];
const combinedPublicKey = schnorrkel.getCombinedPublicKey(publicKeys)
const {signature: sigOne, challenge: e, finalPublicNonce} = signerOne.multiSignMessage(msg, publicKeys, publicNonces)
const {signature: sigTwo} = signerTwo.multiSignMessage(msg, publicKeys, publicNonces)
const sSummed = Schnorrkel.sumSigs([sigOne, sigTwo])

verify onchain

const px = combinedPublicKey.buffer.slice(1,33);
const parity = combinedPublicKey.buffer[0] - 2 + 27;
const abiCoder = new ethers.utils.AbiCoder();
const sigData = abiCoder.encode([ "bytes32", "bytes32", "bytes32", "uint8" ], [
    px,
    challenge.buffer,
    sSummed.buffer,
    parity
]);
const msgHash = ethers.utils.solidityKeccak256(['string'], [msg]);
const result = await contract.isValidSignature(msgHash, sigData);

verify offchain

const result = schnorrkel.verify(sSummed, msg, finalPublicNonce, combinedPublicKey);

You can find reference to this in tests/schnorrkel/onchainMultiSign.test.ts in this repository.

ecrecover

For the schnorr on-chain verification, we were inspired by the work of noot. Without his work, it would've required a lot more time for RnD to reach this point. You can take a look at his repository here

We utilize Ethereum ecrecover to verify the signature. This is how it works:
Ethereum ecrecover returns an address (hash of public key) given an ECDSA signature. Given message m and ECDSA signature (v, r, s) where v denotes the parity of the y-coordinate for the point where x-coordinate r

ecrecover(m, v, r, s):
R = point derived from r and v
a = -G*m
b = R*s
Qr = a + b
Q = Qr * (1/r)
Q = (1/r) * (R*s - G*m) //recovered pubkey

Ethereum’s ecrecover returns the last 20 bytes of the keccak256 hash of the 64-byte public key. Given signature (R, s), message m and public key P we can feed values into ecrecover such that the returned address can be used in a comparison to the challenge.

calculate e = H(address(R) || m) and P_x = x-coordinate of P

pass:

m = -s*P_x
v = parity of P
r = x-coordinate of P
s = -e*P_x

then:

ecrecover(m=-s*P_x, v=0/1, r=P_x, s=-e*P_x):
P = point derived from r and v (public key)
a = -G*(-s*P_x) = G*s*P_x
b = P*(-m*P_x) = -P*e*P_x
Q = (1/P_x) (a+b)
Q = (1/P_x)(G*s*P_x - P*e*P_x)
Q = G*s - P*e  // same as schnorr verify above

the returned value is address(Q).

• calculate e' = h(address(Q) || m)
• check e' == e to verify the signature.