# Section 3.3 from "Streamlet: Textbook Streamlined Blockchains" from cryptography.hazmat.primitives import serialization, hashes from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.asymmetric import rsa, padding from cryptography.hazmat.backends import default_backend from cryptography.exceptions import InvalidSignature # Cryptographic algorithm used is for demostranation porpuses only. # Generating the keys pair. def generate_keys(private_key_password): private_key = rsa.generate_private_key( public_exponent=65537, key_size=2048 ) encrypted_pem_private_key = private_key.private_bytes( encoding=serialization.Encoding.PEM, format=serialization.PrivateFormat.PKCS8, encryption_algorithm=serialization.BestAvailableEncryption(private_key_password.encode()) ) pem_public_key = private_key.public_key().public_bytes( encoding=serialization.Encoding.PEM, format=serialization.PublicFormat.SubjectPublicKeyInfo ) return encrypted_pem_private_key, pem_public_key # Signs a message using private_key. def sign_message(password, private_key, message): privkey = serialization.load_pem_private_key(private_key, password=password.encode(), backend=default_backend()) signed_message = privkey.sign( message.encode(), padding.PSS( mgf=padding.MGF1(hashes.SHA256()), salt_length=padding.PSS.MAX_LENGTH), hashes.SHA256() ) return signed_message # Verifies a message against a public key. def verify_signature(public_key, message, signed_message): pubkey = serialization.load_pem_public_key(public_key, backend=default_backend()) try: pubkey.verify( signed_message, message.encode(), padding.PSS( mgf=padding.MGF1(hashes.SHA256()), salt_length=padding.PSS.MAX_LENGTH), hashes.SHA256()) return True except InvalidSignature: return False # When a node votes on a block, it simply signs it with the private key, and broadcasts the message to rest nodes. message = "block" node_password = "node_password" node_private_key, node_public_key = generate_keys(node_password) signed_message = sign_message(node_password, node_private_key, message) # When nodes receive votes, they verify them against nodes public key. assert(verify_signature(node_public_key, message, signed_message)) # If votes for that specific block are >=2n/3, node marks block as notarized.