zeekay b70f60dc31 pulsar: plumb HashSuite through every Sign-path primitive (F22)
primitives/hash.go: PRNGKey / GenerateMAC / GaussianHash / PRF / Hash /
LowNormHash all take HashSuite as first param. suite == nil resolves to
the production default Pulsar-SHA3 (cSHAKE256 / KMAC256 / TupleHash256
per FIPS 202 + NIST SP 800-185).

sign/sign.go: Party gains Suite field; NewParty defaults to
hash.Default(); NewPartyWithSuite for operator-explicit construction.
sign.Verify keeps its signature for callers and resolves the default
internally; the suite-explicit form is sign.VerifyWithSuite.

reshare/commit.go: suite-aware commit derivation aligned with the new
hash.HashSuite contract used by the rest of pulsar/reshare/dkg2/keyera.

Closes the gap where the HIP-0077 claim that Pulsar uses SHA-3
cSHAKE256/KMAC256/TupleHash256 in production was structurally false at
the Sign layer (only pulsar/reshare/, pulsar/dkg2/, pulsar/keyera/ were
consuming pulsar/hash/HashSuite previously). Pulsar-BLAKE3 retained as
legacy/non-normative only for cross-port byte checks.

go.mod: luxfi/math v1.3.0 -> v1.4.0 (consumes the codec for the new
hash-suite tag).

CHANGELOG.md added. sign_roundtrip_test.go pins the new contract.
Tests: primitives + sign + reshare PASS. Patch-bump.
2026-05-10 17:19:13 -07:00

Pulsar

Lux is not merely adding post-quantum signatures to a chain; it defines a hybrid finality architecture for DAG-native consensus, with protocol-agnostic threshold lifecycle, post-quantum threshold sealing, and cross-chain propagation of Horizon finality.

See LP-105 §Claims and evidence for the canonical claims/evidence table and the ten architectural commitments — single source of truth.

Pulsar is the Lux-evolved post-quantum threshold signature stack for Quasar consensus, derived from daryakaviani/corona (academic 2-round threshold signature from LWE) with the protocol additions needed to operate on a leaderless open public chain.

Why "Pulsar"

Lux (Latin) → light. Pulsar → SI unit of luminous flux. Each validator emits a "pulsar" of signature toward consensus; aggregated, they form the chain's overall light. Brand-paired with Quasar (the consensus that consumes them).

Relationship to upstream Corona

The upstream repo at daryakaviani/corona is an academic proof-of-concept ("not ready for production use" per its README). Pulsar is the production track:

Layer Upstream Corona Pulsar
2-round threshold sign ✅ same byte-equal protocol ✅ inherited
Trusted-dealer Gen ✅ for fixed federation ✅ retained for bridge MPC
Proactive resharing for epoch validator rotation ❌ not specified 🚧 pulsar/reshare/ (this fork)
Pedersen DKG over R_q with proper hiding ❌ not specified 🚧 pulsar/dkg2/ (this fork)
Per-validator triple-sign integration with Quasar ❌ N/A 🚧 pulsar/consensus/ integration

Layout

  • sign/ — 2-round threshold signing (byte-equal with upstream)
  • primitives/ — Shamir, hashes, MACs, PRFs (byte-equal with upstream)
  • utils/ — NTT, Montgomery, ring helpers (byte-equal with upstream)
  • networking/ — TCP peer-to-peer (byte-equal with upstream)
  • dkg/ — original Lux DKG (Feldman VSS without noise; broken for public broadcast — see RED-DKG-REVIEW). Retained for reference.
  • dkg2/ — proper Pedersen DKG over R_q (Pulsar addition; this fork)
  • reshare/ — proactive secret resharing for epoch rotation (Pulsar addition; this fork)
  • cmd/ — KAT oracle generators

Status

WIP. The 2-round Sign+Verify path is byte-equal-validated against the academic Corona spec via 16 SHA-256 KATs. The Pulsar-specific additions (resharing + Pedersen DKG) are under design and implementation.

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