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Crypto Team Update

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Iñigo Querejeta Azurmendi
Iñigo Querejeta Azurmendi
Cardano Lead Cryptography Engineer

High level summary​

The open fronts that the crypto team is working on are:

  • Sidechains: Analysis of Halo2 SNARK verifier to plan a plutus implementation
  • mithril: Full node verifier
  • musig2: Include MuSig2 description in cryptography handbook
  • kes_agent: Finilising test and CI. Working on KES binary

Low level summary​

Mithril​

  • Full Node Verifier merged #939.

MuSig2​

  • Started describing MuSig2 to include it as part of the cryptography handbook

Sidechains​

  • Analysis of Halo2 verifier with the goal of implementing SNARK verifier in Plutus. Implemented ad-hoc IPA verifier. Work progress in this fork.

KES agent​

  • KES agent is ready:
    • CI ready #19
    • Receipt confirmation message #20
    • KES agent binary ready #21
    • Control client implemented #11