// Package vdf is a proof-of-concept implementation of a delay function // and the security properties are not guaranteed. // A more secure implementation of the VDF by Wesolowski (https://eprint.iacr.org/2018/623.pdf) // will be done soon. package vdf import "golang.org/x/crypto/sha3" // VDF is the struct holding necessary state for a hash chain delay function. type VDF struct { difficulty int input [32]byte output [32]byte outputChan chan [32]byte finished bool } // New create a new instance of VDF. func New(difficulty int, input [32]byte) *VDF { return &VDF{ difficulty: difficulty, input: input, outputChan: make(chan [32]byte), } } // GetOutputChannel returns the vdf output channel. func (vdf *VDF) GetOutputChannel() chan [32]byte { return vdf.outputChan } // Execute runs the VDF until it's finished and put the result into output channel. func (vdf *VDF) Execute() { vdf.finished = false tempResult := vdf.input for i := 0; i < vdf.difficulty; i++ { tempResult = sha3.Sum256(tempResult[:]) } vdf.output = tempResult vdf.outputChan <- vdf.output vdf.finished = true } // IsFinished returns whether the vdf execution is finished or not. func (vdf *VDF) IsFinished() bool { return vdf.finished } // GetOutput returns the vdf output, which can be bytes of 0s is the vdf is not finished. func (vdf *VDF) GetOutput() [32]byte { return vdf.output }