//! Provides [`Scalar`] and related types. //! //! In elliptic curve cryptography scalars are non-point values that can be used to multiply //! points. The most common type of scalars are private keys. However not all scalars are private //! keys. They can even be public *values*. To make handling them safer and easier this module //! provides the `Scalar` type and related. use core::fmt; /// Positive 256-bit integer guaranteed to be less than the secp256k1 curve order. /// /// The difference between `PrivateKey` and `Scalar` is that `Scalar` doesn't guarantee being /// securely usable as a private key. /// /// **Warning: the operations on this type are NOT constant time!** /// Using this with secret values is not advised. // Internal represenation is big endian to match what `libsecp256k1` uses. // Also easier to implement comparison. // Debug impl omitted for now, the bytes may be secret #[allow(missing_debug_implementations)] #[derive(Copy, Clone, Eq, PartialEq, Ord, PartialOrd)] pub struct Scalar([u8; 32]); const MAX_RAW: [u8; 32] = [ 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFE, 0xBA, 0xAE, 0xDC, 0xE6, 0xAF, 0x48, 0xA0, 0x3B, 0xBF, 0xD2, 0x5E, 0x8C, 0xD0, 0x36, 0x41, 0x40 ]; impl Scalar { /// Scalar representing `0` pub const ZERO: Scalar = Scalar([0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]); /// Scalar representing `1` pub const ONE: Scalar = Scalar([0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1]); /// Maximum valid value: `curve_order - 1` pub const MAX: Scalar = Scalar(MAX_RAW); /// Generates a random scalar #[cfg(any(test, feature = "rand-std"))] #[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "rand-std")))] pub fn random() -> Self { Self::random_custom(rand::thread_rng()) } /// Generates a random scalar using supplied RNG #[cfg(any(test, feature = "rand"))] #[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "rand")))] pub fn random_custom(mut rng: R) -> Self { let mut bytes = [0u8; 32]; loop { rng.fill_bytes(&mut bytes); // unlikely to go past MAX if let Ok(scalar) = Scalar::from_be_bytes(bytes) { break scalar; } } } /// Tries to deserialize from big endian bytes /// /// **Security warning:** this function is not constant time! /// Passing secret data is not recommended. /// /// # Errors /// /// Returns error when the value is above the curve order. pub fn from_be_bytes(value: [u8; 32]) -> Result { // Lexicographic ordering of arrays of the same length is same as ordering of BE numbers if value <= MAX_RAW { Ok(Scalar(value)) } else { Err(OutOfRangeError {}) } } /// Tries to deserialize from little endian bytes /// /// **Security warning:** this function is not constant time! /// Passing secret data is not recommended. /// /// # Errors /// /// Returns error when the value is above the curve order. pub fn from_le_bytes(mut value: [u8; 32]) -> Result { value.reverse(); Self::from_be_bytes(value) } /// Serializes to big endian bytes pub fn to_be_bytes(self) -> [u8; 32] { self.0 } /// Serializes to little endian bytes pub fn to_le_bytes(self) -> [u8; 32] { let mut res = self.0; res.reverse(); res } // returns a reference to internal bytes // non-public to not leak the internal representation pub(crate) fn as_be_bytes(&self) -> &[u8; 32] { &self.0 } pub(crate) fn as_c_ptr(&self) -> *const u8 { use secp256k1_sys::CPtr; self.as_be_bytes().as_c_ptr() } } impl From for Scalar { fn from(value: crate::SecretKey) -> Self { Scalar(value.secret_bytes()) } } /// Error returned when the value of scalar is invalid - larger than the curve order. // Intentionally doesn't implement `Copy` to improve forward compatibility. // Same reason for `non_exhaustive`. #[allow(missing_copy_implementations)] #[derive(Debug, Clone, Eq, PartialEq, Hash)] #[non_exhaustive] pub struct OutOfRangeError { } impl fmt::Display for OutOfRangeError { fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result { fmt::Display::fmt("the value is not a member of secp256k1 field", f) } } #[cfg(feature = "std")] #[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "std")))] impl std::error::Error for OutOfRangeError {}