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Audited & minimal JS implementation of elliptic curve cryptography.
- 🔒Audited by independent security firms
- 🔻 Tree-shakeable: unused code is excluded from your builds
- 🏎 Fast: hand-optimized for caveats of JS engines
- 🔍 Reliable: cross-library / wycheproof tests and fuzzing ensure correctness
- ➰ Short Weierstrass, Edwards, Montgomery curves
- ✍️ ECDSA, EdDSA, Schnorr, BLS, ECDH, hashing to curves, Poseidon ZK-friendly hash
- 🔖 SUF-CMA, SBS (non-repudiation), ZIP215 (consensus friendliness) features for ed25519 & ed448
- 🪶 93KB for everything with hashes, 26KB (11KB gzipped) for single-curve build
Curves have 4KB sister projectssecp256k1 &ed25519.They have smaller attack surface, but less features.
Take a glance atGitHub Discussions for questions and support.
noble cryptography — high-security, easily auditable set of contained cryptographic libraries and tools.
- Zero or minimal dependencies
- Highly readable TypeScript / JS code
- PGP-signed releases and transparent NPM builds
- All libraries:ciphers,curves,hashes,post-quantum,4kbsecp256k1 /ed25519
- Check out homepagefor reading resources, documentation and apps built with noble
npm install @noble/curves
deno add jsr:@noble/curves
deno doc jsr:@noble/curves
# command-line documentation
We support all major platforms and runtimes.For React Native, you may need apolyfill for getRandomValues.A standalone filenoble-curves.js is also available.
// import * from '@noble/curves'; // Error: use sub-imports, to ensure small app sizeimport{secp256k1,schnorr}from'@noble/curves/secp256k1';import{ed25519,ed25519ph,ed25519ctx,x25519}from'@noble/curves/ed25519';import{ed448,ed448ph,ed448ctx,x448}from'@noble/curves/ed448';import{p256}from'@noble/curves/p256';import{p384}from'@noble/curves/p384';import{p521}from'@noble/curves/p521';import{bls12_381}from'@noble/curves/bls12-381';import{bn254}from'@noble/curves/bn254';// also known as alt_bn128import{jubjub}from'@noble/curves/jubjub';import{bytesToHex,hexToBytes,concatBytes,utf8ToBytes}from'@noble/curves/abstract/utils';
- ECDSA signatures over secp256k1 and others
- Hedged ECDSA with noise
- ECDH: Diffie-Hellman shared secrets
- secp256k1 Schnorr signatures from BIP340
- ed25519 /X25519 /ristretto255
- ed448 /X448 /decaf448
- bls12-381
- bn254 aka alt_bn128
- Low-level methods
- Abstract API
- Security
- Speed
- Upgrading
- Contributing & testing
- License
import{secp256k1}from'@noble/curves/secp256k1';// import { p256 } from '@noble/curves/p256'; // or p384 / p521constpriv=secp256k1.utils.randomPrivateKey();constpub=secp256k1.getPublicKey(priv);constmsg=newUint8Array(32).fill(1);// message hash (not message) in ecdsaconstsig=secp256k1.sign(msg,priv);// `{prehash: true}` option is availableconstisValid=secp256k1.verify(sig,msg,pub)===true;// hex strings are also supported besides Uint8Array-s:constprivHex='46c930bc7bb4db7f55da20798697421b98c4175a52c630294d75a84b9c126236';constpub2=secp256k1.getPublicKey(privHex);// public key recovery// let sig = secp256k1.Signature.fromCompact(sigHex); // or .fromDER(sigDERHex)// sig = sig.addRecoveryBit(bit); // bit is not serialized into compact / der formatsig.recoverPublicKey(msg).toRawBytes();// === pub; // public key recovery
The same code would work for NIST P256 (secp256r1), P384 (secp384r1) & P521 (secp521r1).
constnoisySignature=secp256k1.sign(msg,priv,{extraEntropy:true});constent=newUint8Array(32).fill(3);// set custom entropyconstnoisySignature2=secp256k1.sign(msg,priv,{extraEntropy:ent});
Hedged ECDSA is add-on, providing improved protection against fault attacks.It adds noise to signatures. The technique is used by default in BIP340; we also implement themoptionally for ECDSA. Check out blog postDeterministic signatures are not your friendsandspec draft.
constsomeonesPub=secp256k1.getPublicKey(secp256k1.utils.randomPrivateKey());constshared=secp256k1.getSharedSecret(priv,someonesPub);// NOTE:// - `shared` includes parity byte: strip it using shared.slice(1)// - `shared` is not hashed: more secure way is sha256(shared) or hkdf(shared)
import{schnorr}from'@noble/curves/secp256k1';constpriv=schnorr.utils.randomPrivateKey();constpub=schnorr.getPublicKey(priv);constmsg=newTextEncoder().encode('hello');constsig=schnorr.sign(msg,priv);constisValid=schnorr.verify(sig,msg,pub);
import{ed25519}from'@noble/curves/ed25519';constpriv=ed25519.utils.randomPrivateKey();constpub=ed25519.getPublicKey(priv);constmsg=newTextEncoder().encode('hello');constsig=ed25519.sign(msg,priv);ed25519.verify(sig,msg,pub);// Default mode: follows ZIP215ed25519.verify(sig,msg,pub,{zip215:false});// SBS / e-voting / RFC8032 / FIPS 186-5// Variants from RFC8032: with context, prehashedimport{ed25519ctx,ed25519ph}from'@noble/curves/ed25519';
Defaultverify
behavior follows ZIP215 andcan be used in consensus-critical applications.If you need SBS (Strongly Binding Signatures) and FIPS 186-5 compliance,usezip215: false
. Check outEdwards Signatures section for more info.Both options have SUF-CMA (strong unforgeability under chosen message attacks).
// X25519 aka ECDH on Curve25519 from [RFC7748](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7748)import{x25519}from'@noble/curves/ed25519';constpriv='a546e36bf0527c9d3b16154b82465edd62144c0ac1fc5a18506a2244ba449ac4';constpub='e6db6867583030db3594c1a424b15f7c726624ec26b3353b10a903a6d0ab1c4c';x25519.getSharedSecret(priv,pub)===x25519.scalarMult(priv,pub);// aliasesx25519.getPublicKey(priv)===x25519.scalarMultBase(priv);x25519.getPublicKey(x25519.utils.randomPrivateKey());// ed25519 => x25519 conversionimport{edwardsToMontgomeryPub,edwardsToMontgomeryPriv}from'@noble/curves/ed25519';edwardsToMontgomeryPub(ed25519.getPublicKey(ed25519.utils.randomPrivateKey()));edwardsToMontgomeryPriv(ed25519.utils.randomPrivateKey());
// ristretto255 from [RFC9496](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9496)import{utf8ToBytes}from'@noble/hashes/utils';import{sha512}from'@noble/hashes/sha512';import{hashToCurve,encodeToCurve,RistrettoPoint,hashToRistretto255,}from'@noble/curves/ed25519';constmsg=utf8ToBytes('Ristretto is traditionally a short shot of espresso coffee');hashToCurve(msg);constrp=RistrettoPoint.fromHex('6a493210f7499cd17fecb510ae0cea23a110e8d5b901f8acadd3095c73a3b919');RistrettoPoint.BASE.multiply(2n).add(rp).subtract(RistrettoPoint.BASE).toRawBytes();RistrettoPoint.ZERO.equals(dp)===false;// pre-hashed hash-to-curveRistrettoPoint.hashToCurve(sha512(msg));// full hash-to-curve including domain separation taghashToRistretto255(msg,{DST:'ristretto255_XMD:SHA-512_R255MAP_RO_'});
import{ed448}from'@noble/curves/ed448';constpriv=ed448.utils.randomPrivateKey();constpub=ed448.getPublicKey(priv);constmsg=newTextEncoder().encode('whatsup');constsig=ed448.sign(msg,priv);ed448.verify(sig,msg,pub);// Variants from RFC8032: prehashedimport{ed448ph}from'@noble/curves/ed448';
// X448 aka ECDH on Curve448 from [RFC7748](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7748)import{x448}from'@noble/curves/ed448';x448.getSharedSecret(priv,pub)===x448.scalarMult(priv,pub);// aliasesx448.getPublicKey(priv)===x448.scalarMultBase(priv);// ed448 => x448 conversionimport{edwardsToMontgomeryPub}from'@noble/curves/ed448';edwardsToMontgomeryPub(ed448.getPublicKey(ed448.utils.randomPrivateKey()));
// decaf448 from [RFC9496](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9496)import{utf8ToBytes}from'@noble/hashes/utils';import{shake256}from'@noble/hashes/sha3';import{hashToCurve,encodeToCurve,DecafPoint,hashToDecaf448}from'@noble/curves/ed448';constmsg=utf8ToBytes('Ristretto is traditionally a short shot of espresso coffee');hashToCurve(msg);constdp=DecafPoint.fromHex('c898eb4f87f97c564c6fd61fc7e49689314a1f818ec85eeb3bd5514ac816d38778f69ef347a89fca817e66defdedce178c7cc709b2116e75');DecafPoint.BASE.multiply(2n).add(dp).subtract(DecafPoint.BASE).toRawBytes();DecafPoint.ZERO.equals(dp)===false;// pre-hashed hash-to-curveDecafPoint.hashToCurve(shake256(msg,{dkLen:112}));// full hash-to-curve including domain separation taghashToDecaf448(msg,{DST:'decaf448_XOF:SHAKE256_D448MAP_RO_'});
import{bls12_381asbls}from'@noble/curves/bls12-381';// G1 keys, G2 signaturesconstprivateKey='67d53f170b908cabb9eb326c3c337762d59289a8fec79f7bc9254b584b73265c';constmessage='64726e3da8';constpublicKey=bls.getPublicKey(privateKey);constsignature=bls.sign(message,privateKey);constisValid=bls.verify(signature,message,publicKey);console.log({ publicKey, signature, isValid});// G2 keys, G1 signatures// getPublicKeyForShortSignatures(privateKey)// signShortSignature(message, privateKey)// verifyShortSignature(signature, message, publicKey)// aggregateShortSignatures(signatures)// Custom DSTconsthtfEthereum={DST:'BLS_SIG_BLS12381G2_XMD:SHA-256_SSWU_RO_POP_'};constsignatureEth=bls.sign(message,privateKey,htfEthereum);constisValidEth=bls.verify(signature,message,publicKey,htfEthereum);// AggregationconstaggregatedKey=bls.aggregatePublicKeys([bls.utils.randomPrivateKey(),bls.utils.randomPrivateKey(),]);// const aggregatedSig = bls.aggregateSignatures(sigs)// Pairings, with and without final exponentiation// bls.pairing(PointG1, PointG2);// bls.pairing(PointG1, PointG2, false);// bls.fields.Fp12.finalExponentiate(bls.fields.Fp12.mul(PointG1, PointG2));// Others// bls.G1.ProjectivePoint.BASE, bls.G2.ProjectivePoint.BASE;// bls.fields.Fp, bls.fields.Fp2, bls.fields.Fp12, bls.fields.Fr;
Seeabstract/bls.For example usage, check outthe implementation of BLS EVM precompiles.
import{bn254}from'@noble/curves/bn254';console.log(bn254.G1,bn254.G2,bn254.pairing);
The API mirrorsBLS. The curve was previously called alt_bn128.The implementation is compatible withEIP-196 andEIP-197.
Keep in mind that we don't implement Point methods toHex / toRawBytes. It's becausedifferent implementations of bn254 do it differently - there is no standard. Points of divergence:
- Endianness: LE vs BE (byte-swapped)
- Flags as first hex bits (similar to BLS) vs no-flags
- Imaginary part last in G2 vs first (c0, c1 vs c1, c0)
For example usage, check outthe implementation of bn254 EVM precompiles.
import{secp256k1}from'@noble/curves/secp256k1';// Curve's variables// Every curve has `CURVE` object that contains its parameters, field, and othersconsole.log(secp256k1.CURVE.p);// field modulusconsole.log(secp256k1.CURVE.n);// curve orderconsole.log(secp256k1.CURVE.a,secp256k1.CURVE.b);// equation paramsconsole.log(secp256k1.CURVE.Gx,secp256k1.CURVE.Gy);// base point coordinates// MSMconstp=secp256k1.ProjectivePoint;constpoints=[p.BASE,p.BASE.multiply(2n),p.BASE.multiply(4n),p.BASE.multiply(8n)];p.msm(points,[3n,5n,7n,11n]).equals(p.BASE.multiply(129n));// 129*G
Multi-scalar-multiplication (MSM) is basically(Pa + Qb + Rc + ...)
.It's 10-30x faster vs naive addition for large amount of points.Pippenger algorithm is used underneath.
Implementations usenoble-hashes.If you want to use a different hashing library, abstract API doesn't depend on them.
Abstract API allows to define custom curves. All arithmetics is done with JSbigints over finite fields, which is defined frommodular
sub-module. Forscalar multiplication, we useprecomputed tables with w-ary non-adjacent form (wNAF).Precomputes are enabled for weierstrass and edwards BASE points of a curve. Youcould precompute any other point (e.g. for ECDH) usingutils.precompute()
method: check out examples.
import{weierstrass}from'@noble/curves/abstract/weierstrass';import{Field}from'@noble/curves/abstract/modular';import{sha256}from'@noble/hashes/sha256';import{hmac}from'@noble/hashes/hmac';import{concatBytes,randomBytes}from'@noble/hashes/utils';consthmacSha256=(key:Uint8Array, ...msgs:Uint8Array[])=>hmac(sha256,key,concatBytes(...msgs));// secQ (not secP) - secq256k1 is a cycle of secp256k1 with Fp/N flipped.// https://personaelabs.org/posts/spartan-ecdsa// https://zcash.github.io/halo2/background/curves.html#cycles-of-curvesconstsecq256k1=weierstrass({a:0n,b:7n,Fp:Field(2n**256n-432420386565659656852420866394968145599n),n:2n**256n-2n**32n-2n**9n-2n**8n-2n**7n-2n**6n-2n**4n-1n,Gx:55066263022277343669578718895168534326250603453777594175500187360389116729240n,Gy:32670510020758816978083085130507043184471273380659243275938904335757337482424n,hash:sha256,hmac:hmacSha256, randomBytes,});// NIST secp192r1 aka p192// https://www.secg.org/sec2-v2.pdf, https://neuromancer.sk/std/secg/secp192r1constsecp192r1=weierstrass({a:0xfffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffefffffffffffffffcn,b:0x64210519e59c80e70fa7e9ab72243049feb8deecc146b9b1n,Fp:Field(0xfffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffeffffffffffffffffn),n:0xffffffffffffffffffffffff99def836146bc9b1b4d22831n,Gx:0x188da80eb03090f67cbf20eb43a18800f4ff0afd82ff1012n,Gy:0x07192b95ffc8da78631011ed6b24cdd573f977a11e794811n,hash:sha256,hmac:hmacSha256, randomBytes,});
Short Weierstrass curve's formula isy² = x³ + ax + b
.weierstrass
expects argumentsa
,b
, fieldFp
, curve ordern
, cofactorh
and coordinatesGx
,Gy
of generator point.hmac
andhash
must be specified for deterministick
generation.
Weierstrass points:
- Are exported as
ProjectivePoint
- Are represented in projective (homogeneous) coordinates: (x, y, z) ∋ (x=x/z, y=y/z)
- Use complete exception-free formulas for addition and doubling
- Can be decoded/encoded from/to Uint8Array / hex strings using
ProjectivePoint.fromHex
andProjectivePoint#toRawBytes()
- Have
assertValidity()
which checks for being on-curve - Have
toAffine()
andx
/y
getters which convert to 2d xy affine coordinates
ECDSA signatures:
- Are represented by
Signature
instances withr, s
and optionalrecovery
properties - Have
recoverPublicKey()
,toCompactRawBytes()
andtoDERRawBytes()
methods - Can be prehashed, or non-prehashed:
sign(msgHash, privKey)
(default, prehash: false) - you did hashing beforesign(msg, privKey, {prehash: true})
- curves will do hashing for you
- Are generated deterministically, followingRFC6979.
- Considerhedged ECDSA with noise for adding randomness intofor signatures, to get improved security against fault attacks.
More examples:
// All curves expose same generic interface.constpriv=secq256k1.utils.randomPrivateKey();secq256k1.getPublicKey(priv);// Convert private key to public.constsig=secq256k1.sign(msg,priv);// Sign msg with private key.constsig2=secq256k1.sign(msg,priv,{prehash:true});// hash(msg)secq256k1.verify(sig,msg,priv);// Verify if sig is correct.// Default behavior is "try DER, then try compact if fails". Can be explicit:secq256k1.verify(sig.toCompactHex(),msg,priv,{format:'compact'});constPoint=secq256k1.ProjectivePoint;constpoint=Point.BASE;// Elliptic curve Point class and BASE point static var.point.add(point).equals(point.double());// add(), equals(), double() methodspoint.subtract(point).equals(Point.ZERO);// subtract() method, ZERO static varpoint.negate();// Flips point over x/y coordinate.point.multiply(31415n);// Multiplication of Point by scalar.point.assertValidity();// Checks for being on-curvepoint.toAffine();// Converts to 2d affine xy coordinatessecq256k1.CURVE.n;secq256k1.CURVE.p;secq256k1.CURVE.Fp.mod();secq256k1.CURVE.hash();// precomputesconstfast=secq256k1.utils.precompute(8,Point.fromHex(someonesPubKey));fast.multiply(privKey);// much faster ECDH now
import{twistedEdwards}from'@noble/curves/abstract/edwards';import{Field}from'@noble/curves/abstract/modular';import{sha512}from'@noble/hashes/sha512';import{randomBytes}from'@noble/hashes/utils';constFp=Field(2n**255n-19n);consted25519=twistedEdwards({a:Fp.create(-1n),d:Fp.div(-121665n,121666n),// -121665n/121666n mod pFp:Fp,n:2n**252n+27742317777372353535851937790883648493n,h:8n,Gx:15112221349535400772501151409588531511454012693041857206046113283949847762202n,Gy:46316835694926478169428394003475163141307993866256225615783033603165251855960n,hash:sha512, randomBytes,adjustScalarBytes(bytes){// optional; but mandatory in ed25519bytes[0]&=248;bytes[31]&=127;bytes[31]|=64;returnbytes;},}asconst);
Twisted Edwards curve's formula isax² + y² = 1 + dx²y²
.You must specifya
,d
, fieldFp
, ordern
, cofactorh
and coordinatesGx
,Gy
of generator point.For EdDSA signatures,hash
param required.adjustScalarBytes
which instructs how to change private scalars could be specified.
Edwards points:
- Are exported as
ExtendedPoint
- Are represented in extended coordinates: (x, y, z, t) ∋ (x=x/z, y=y/z)
- Use complete exception-free formulas for addition and doubling
- Can be decoded/encoded from/to Uint8Array / hex strings using
ExtendedPoint.fromHex
andExtendedPoint#toRawBytes()
- Have
assertValidity()
which checks for being on-curve - Have
toAffine()
andx
/y
getters which convert to 2d xy affine coordinates - Have
isTorsionFree()
,clearCofactor()
andisSmallOrder()
utilities to handle torsions
EdDSA signatures:
zip215: true
is default behavior. It has slightly looser verification logicto beconsensus-friendly, followingZIP215 ruleszip215: false
switches verification criteria to strictRFC8032 /FIPS 186-5and additionally providesnon-repudiation with SBS,which is useful for:- Contract Signing: if A signed an agreement with B using key that allows repudiation, it can later claim that it signed a different contract
- E-voting: malicious voters may pick keys that allow repudiation in order to deny results
- Blockchains: transaction of amount X might also be valid for a different amount Y
- Both modes have SUF-CMA (strong unforgeability under chosen message attacks).
Check outRFC9496 for description ofristretto and decaf groups which we implement.
The module contains methods for x-only ECDH on Curve25519 / Curve448 from RFC7748.Proper Elliptic Curve Points are not implemented yet.
The module abstracts BLS (Barreto-Lynn-Scott) pairing-friendly elliptic curve construction.They allow to constructzk-SNARKs anduse aggregated, batch-verifiablethreshold signatures,using Boneh-Lynn-Shacham signature scheme.
The module doesn't exposeCURVE
property: useG1.CURVE
,G2.CURVE
instead.Only BLS12-381 is currently implemented.Defining BLS12-377 and BLS24 should be straightforward.
The default BLS uses short public keys (with public keys in G1 and signatures in G2).Short signatures (public keys in G2 and signatures in G1) are also supported.
The module allows to hash arbitrary strings to elliptic curve points. ImplementsRFC 9380.
Every curve has exportedhashToCurve
andencodeToCurve
methods. You should always preferhashToCurve
for security:
import{hashToCurve,encodeToCurve}from'@noble/curves/secp256k1';import{randomBytes}from'@noble/hashes/utils';hashToCurve('0102abcd');console.log(hashToCurve(randomBytes()));console.log(encodeToCurve(randomBytes()));import{bls12_381}from'@noble/curves/bls12-381';bls12_381.G1.hashToCurve(randomBytes(),{DST:'another'});bls12_381.G2.hashToCurve(randomBytes(),{DST:'custom'});
Low-level methods from the spec:
// produces a uniformly random byte string using a cryptographic hash function H that outputs b bits.functionexpand_message_xmd(msg:Uint8Array,DST:Uint8Array,lenInBytes:number,H:CHash// For CHash see abstract/weierstrass docs section):Uint8Array;// produces a uniformly random byte string using an extendable-output function (XOF) H.functionexpand_message_xof(msg:Uint8Array,DST:Uint8Array,lenInBytes:number,k:number,H:CHash):Uint8Array;// Hashes arbitrary-length byte strings to a list of one or more elements of a finite field Ffunctionhash_to_field(msg:Uint8Array,count:number,options:Opts):bigint[][];/** * * `DST` is a domain separation tag, defined in section 2.2.5 * * `p` characteristic of F, where F is a finite field of characteristic p and order q = p^m * * `m` is extension degree (1 for prime fields) * * `k` is the target security target in bits (e.g. 128), from section 5.1 * * `expand` is `xmd` (SHA2, SHA3, BLAKE) or `xof` (SHAKE, BLAKE-XOF) * * `hash` conforming to `utils.CHash` interface, with `outputLen` / `blockLen` props */typeUnicodeOrBytes=string|Uint8Array;typeOpts={DST:UnicodeOrBytes;p:bigint;m:number;k:number;expand?:'xmd'|'xof';hash:CHash;};
ImplementsPoseidon ZK-friendly hash.
There are many poseidon variants with different constants.We don't provide them: you should construct them manually.Check outmicro-starknet package for a proper example.
import{poseidon}from'@noble/curves/abstract/poseidon';typePoseidonOpts={Fp:Field<bigint>;t:number;roundsFull:number;roundsPartial:number;sboxPower?:number;reversePartialPowIdx?:boolean;mds:bigint[][];roundConstants:bigint[][];};constinstance=poseidon(opts:PoseidonOpts);
import*asmodfrom'@noble/curves/abstract/modular';// Finite Field utilsconstfp=mod.Field(2n**255n-19n);// Finite field over 2^255-19fp.mul(591n,932n);// multiplicationfp.pow(481n,11024858120n);// exponentiationfp.div(5n,17n);// division: 5/17 mod 2^255-19 == 5 * invert(17)fp.inv(5n);// modular inversefp.sqrt(21n);// square root// Non-Field generic utils are also availablemod.mod(21n,10n);// 21 mod 10 == 1n; fixed version of 21 % 10mod.invert(17n,10n);// invert(17) mod 10; modular multiplicative inversemod.invertBatch([1n,2n,4n],21n);// => [1n, 11n, 16n] in one inversion
Field operations are not constant-time: they are using JS bigints, seesecurity.The fact is mostly irrelevant, but the important method to keep in mind ispow
,which may leak exponent bits, when used naïvely.
mod.Field
is alwaysfield over prime number. Non-prime fields aren't supported for now.We don't test for prime-ness for speed and because algorithms are probabilistic anyway.Initializing a non-prime field could make your app suspectible toDoS (infilite loop) on Tonelli-Shanks square root calculation.
Unlikemod.inv
,mod.invertBatch
won't throw on0
: make sure to throw an error yourself.
You can't simply make a 32-byte private key from a 32-byte hash.Doing so will make the keybiased.
To make the bias negligible, we followFIPS 186-5 A.2andRFC 9380.This means, for 32-byte key, we would need 48-byte hash to get 2^-128 bias, which matches curve security level.
hashToPrivateScalar()
that hashes toprivate key was created for this purpose.Useabstract/hash-to-curveif you need to hash topublic key.
import{p256}from'@noble/curves/p256';import{sha256}from'@noble/hashes/sha256';import{hkdf}from'@noble/hashes/hkdf';import*asmodfrom'@noble/curves/abstract/modular';constsomeKey=newUint8Array(32).fill(2);// Needs to actually be random, not .fill(2)constderived=hkdf(sha256,someKey,undefined,'application',48);// 48 bytes for 32-byte privconstvalidPrivateKey=mod.hashToPrivateScalar(derived,p256.CURVE.n);
import*asutilsfrom'@noble/curves/abstract/utils';utils.bytesToHex(Uint8Array.from([0xde,0xad,0xbe,0xef]));utils.hexToBytes('deadbeef');utils.numberToHexUnpadded(123n);utils.hexToNumber();utils.bytesToNumberBE(Uint8Array.from([0xde,0xad,0xbe,0xef]));utils.bytesToNumberLE(Uint8Array.from([0xde,0xad,0xbe,0xef]));utils.numberToBytesBE(123n,32);utils.numberToBytesLE(123n,64);utils.concatBytes(Uint8Array.from([0xde,0xad]),Uint8Array.from([0xbe,0xef]));utils.nLength(255n);utils.equalBytes(Uint8Array.from([0xde]),Uint8Array.from([0xde]));
The library has been independently audited:
- at version 1.6.0, in Sep 2024, byCure53
- PDFs:website,in-repo
- Changes since audit
- Scope: ed25519, ed448, their add-ons, bls12-381, bn254,hash-to-curve, low-level primitives bls, tower, edwards, montgomery.
- The audit has been funded byOpenSats
- at version 1.2.0, in Sep 2023, byKudelski Security
- PDFs:in-repo
- Changes since audit
- Scope:scure-starknet and its relatedabstract modules of noble-curves:
curve
,modular
,poseidon
,weierstrass
- The audit has been funded byStarkware
- at version 0.7.3, in Feb 2023, byTrail of Bits
- PDFs:website,in-repo
- Changes since audit
- Scope: abstract modules
curve
,hash-to-curve
,modular
,poseidon
,utils
,weierstrass
andtop-level modules_shortw_utils
andsecp256k1
- The audit has been funded byRyan Shea
It is tested against property-based, cross-library and Wycheproof vectors,and is being fuzzed inthe separate repo.
If you see anything unusual: investigate and report.
We're targetting algorithmic constant time.JIT-compiler andGarbage Collector make "constant time"extremely hard to achievetiming attack resistancein a scripting language. Which meansany other JS library can't haveconstant-timeness. Even statically typed Rust, a language without GC,makes it harder to achieve constant-timefor some cases. If your goal is absolute security, don't use any JS lib — including bindings to native ones.Use low-level libraries & languages.
- Commits are signed with PGP keys, to prevent forgery. Make sure to verify commit signatures
- Releases are transparent and built on GitHub CI. Make sure to verifyprovenance logs
- Use GitHub CLI to verify single-file builds:
gh attestation verify --owner paulmillr noble-curves.js
- Use GitHub CLI to verify single-file builds:
- Rare releasing is followed to ensure less re-audit need for end-users
- Dependencies are minimized and locked-down: any dependency could get hacked and users will be downloading malware with every install.
- We make sure to use as few dependencies as possible
- Automatic dep updates are prevented by locking-down version ranges; diffs are checked with
npm-diff
- Dev Dependencies are disabled for end-users; they are only used to develop / build the source code
For this package, there is 1 dependency; and a few dev dependencies:
- noble-hashes provides cryptographic hashing functionality
- micro-bmark, micro-should and jsbt are used for benchmarking / testing / build tooling and developed by the same author
- prettier, fast-check and typescript are used for code quality / test generation / ts compilation. It's hard to audit their source code thoroughly and fully because of their size
We're deferring to built-incrypto.getRandomValueswhich is considered cryptographically secure (CSPRNG).
In the past, browsers had bugs that made it weak: it may happen again.Implementing a userspace CSPRNG to get resilient to the weaknessis even worse: there is no reliable userspace source of quality entropy.
Cryptographically relevant quantum computer, if built, will allow tobreak elliptic curve cryptography (both ECDSA / EdDSA & ECDH) using Shor's algorithm.
Consider switching to newer / hybrid algorithms, such as SPHINCS+. They are available innoble-post-quantum.
NIST prohibits classical cryptography (RSA, DSA, ECDSA, ECDH)after 2035. Australian ASD prohibits itafter 2030.
During first call of most methods,init
is done, which calculates base point precomputes.The method consumes 20MB+ of memory and takes some time.You can adjust how many precomputes are generated,by using_setWindowSize
. Check out the source code.
Benchmark results on Apple M2 with node v22:
secp256k1init x 68 ops/sec @ 14ms/opgetPublicKey x 6,839 ops/sec @ 146μs/opsign x 5,226 ops/sec @ 191μs/opverify x 893 ops/sec @ 1ms/opgetSharedSecret x 538 ops/sec @ 1ms/oprecoverPublicKey x 923 ops/sec @ 1ms/opschnorr.sign x 700 ops/sec @ 1ms/opschnorr.verify x 919 ops/sec @ 1ms/oped25519init x 51 ops/sec @ 19ms/opgetPublicKey x 9,809 ops/sec @ 101μs/opsign x 4,976 ops/sec @ 200μs/opverify x 1,018 ops/sec @ 981μs/oped448init x 19 ops/sec @ 50ms/opgetPublicKey x 3,723 ops/sec @ 268μs/opsign x 1,759 ops/sec @ 568μs/opverify x 344 ops/sec @ 2ms/opp256init x 39 ops/sec @ 25ms/opgetPublicKey x 6,518 ops/sec @ 153μs/opsign x 5,148 ops/sec @ 194μs/opverify x 609 ops/sec @ 1ms/opp384init x 17 ops/sec @ 57ms/opgetPublicKey x 2,933 ops/sec @ 340μs/opsign x 2,327 ops/sec @ 429μs/opverify x 244 ops/sec @ 4ms/opp521init x 8 ops/sec @ 112ms/opgetPublicKey x 1,484 ops/sec @ 673μs/opsign x 1,264 ops/sec @ 790μs/opverify x 124 ops/sec @ 8ms/opristretto255add x 680,735 ops/sec @ 1μs/opmultiply x 10,766 ops/sec @ 92μs/opencode x 15,835 ops/sec @ 63μs/opdecode x 15,972 ops/sec @ 62μs/opdecaf448add x 345,303 ops/sec @ 2μs/opmultiply x 300 ops/sec @ 3ms/opencode x 5,987 ops/sec @ 167μs/opdecode x 5,892 ops/sec @ 169μs/opecdh├─x25519 x 1,477 ops/sec @ 676μs/op├─secp256k1 x 537 ops/sec @ 1ms/op├─p256 x 512 ops/sec @ 1ms/op├─p384 x 198 ops/sec @ 5ms/op├─p521 x 99 ops/sec @ 10ms/op└─x448 x 504 ops/sec @ 1ms/opbls12-381init x 36 ops/sec @ 27ms/opgetPublicKey x 960 ops/sec @ 1ms/opsign x 60 ops/sec @ 16ms/opverify x 47 ops/sec @ 21ms/oppairing x 125 ops/sec @ 7ms/oppairing10 x 40 ops/sec @ 24ms/op ± 23.27% (min: 21ms, max: 48ms)MSM 4096 scalars x points x 0 ops/sec @ 4655ms/opaggregatePublicKeys/8 x 129 ops/sec @ 7ms/opaggregatePublicKeys/32 x 34 ops/sec @ 28ms/opaggregatePublicKeys/128 x 8 ops/sec @ 113ms/opaggregatePublicKeys/512 x 2 ops/sec @ 449ms/opaggregatePublicKeys/2048 x 0 ops/sec @ 1792ms/opaggregateSignatures/8 x 62 ops/sec @ 15ms/opaggregateSignatures/32 x 16 ops/sec @ 60ms/opaggregateSignatures/128 x 4 ops/sec @ 238ms/opaggregateSignatures/512 x 1 ops/sec @ 946ms/opaggregateSignatures/2048 x 0 ops/sec @ 3774ms/ophash-to-curvehash_to_field x 91,600 ops/sec @ 10μs/opsecp256k1 x 2,373 ops/sec @ 421μs/opp256 x 4,310 ops/sec @ 231μs/opp384 x 1,664 ops/sec @ 600μs/opp521 x 807 ops/sec @ 1ms/oped25519 x 3,088 ops/sec @ 323μs/oped448 x 1,247 ops/sec @ 801μs/op
Previously, the library was split into single-feature packagesnoble-secp256k1,noble-ed25519 andnoble-bls12-381.
Curves continue their original work. The single-feature packages changed theirdirection towards providing minimal 4kb implementations of cryptography,which means they have less features.
Upgrading from noble-secp256k1 2.0 or noble-ed25519 2.0: no changes, libraries are compatible.
Upgrading from noble-secp256k1 1.7:
getPublicKey
- now produce 33-byte compressed signatures by default
- to use old behavior, which produced 65-byte uncompressed keys, setargument
isCompressed
tofalse
:getPublicKey(priv, false)
sign
- is now sync
- now returns
Signature
instance with{ r, s, recovery }
properties canonical
option was renamed tolowS
recovered
option has been removed because recovery bit is always returned nowder
option has been removed. There are 2 options:- Use compact encoding:
fromCompact
,toCompactRawBytes
,toCompactHex
.Compact encoding is simply a concatenation of 32-byte r and 32-byte s. - If you must use DER encoding, switch to noble-curves (see above).
- Use compact encoding:
verify
- is now sync
strict
option was renamed tolowS
getSharedSecret
- now produce 33-byte compressed signatures by default
- to use old behavior, which produced 65-byte uncompressed keys, setargument
isCompressed
tofalse
:getSharedSecret(a, b, false)
recoverPublicKey(msg, sig, rec)
was changed tosig.recoverPublicKey(msg)
number
type for private keys have been removed: usebigint
insteadPoint
(2d xy) has been changed toProjectivePoint
(3d xyz)utils
were split intoutils
(same api as in noble-curves) andetc
(hmacSha256Sync
and others)
Upgrading from@noble/ed25519 1.7:
- Methods are now sync by default
bigint
is no longer allowed ingetPublicKey
,sign
,verify
. Reason: ed25519 is LE, can lead to bugsPoint
(2d xy) has been changed toExtendedPoint
(xyzt)Signature
was removed: just use raw bytes or hex nowutils
were split intoutils
(same api as in noble-curves) andetc
(sha512Sync
and others)getSharedSecret
was moved tox25519
moduletoX25519
has been moved toedwardsToMontgomeryPub
andedwardsToMontgomeryPriv
methods
Upgrading from@noble/bls12-381:
- Methods and classes were renamed:
- PointG1 -> G1.Point, PointG2 -> G2.Point
- PointG2.fromSignature -> Signature.decode, PointG2.toSignature -> Signature.encode
- Fp2 ORDER was corrected
npm install && npm run build && npm test
will build the code and run tests.npm run lint
/npm run format
will run linter / fix linter issues.npm run bench
will run benchmarks, which may need their deps first (npm run bench:install
)npm run build:release
will build single file
Check outgithub.com/paulmillr/guidelinesfor general coding practices and rules.
Seepaulmillr.com/noblefor useful resources, articles, documentation and demosrelated to the library.
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Copyright (c) 2022 Paul Miller(https://paulmillr.com)
See LICENSE file.
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Audited & minimal JS implementation of elliptic curve cryptography.