lighthouse/account_manager
Michael Sproul 36bd4d87f0 Update to spec v1.0.0-rc.0 and BLSv4 (#1765)
## Issue Addressed

Closes #1504 
Closes #1505
Replaces #1703
Closes #1707

## Proposed Changes

* Update BLST and Milagro to versions compatible with BLSv4 spec
* Update Lighthouse to spec v1.0.0-rc.0, and update EF test vectors
* Use the v1.0.0 constants for `MainnetEthSpec`.
* Rename `InteropEthSpec` -> `V012LegacyEthSpec`
    * Change all constants to suit the mainnet `v0.12.3` specification (i.e., Medalla).
* Deprecate the `--spec` flag for the `lighthouse` binary
    * This value is now obtained from the `config_name` field of the `YamlConfig`.
        * Built in testnet YAML files have been updated.
    * Ignore the `--spec` value, if supplied, log a warning that it will be deprecated
    * `lcli` still has the spec flag, that's fine because it's dev tooling.
* Remove the `E: EthSpec` from `YamlConfig`
    * This means we need to deser the genesis `BeaconState` on-demand, but this is fine.
* Swap the old "minimal", "mainnet" strings over to the new `EthSpecId` enum.
* Always require a `CONFIG_NAME` field in `YamlConfig` (it used to have a default).

## Additional Info

Lots of breaking changes, do not merge! ~~We will likely need a Lighthouse v0.4.0 branch, and possibly a long-term v0.3.0 branch to keep Medalla alive~~.

Co-authored-by: Kirk Baird <baird.k@outlook.com>
Co-authored-by: Paul Hauner <paul@paulhauner.com>
2020-10-28 22:19:38 +00:00
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src Update to spec v1.0.0-rc.0 and BLSv4 (#1765) 2020-10-28 22:19:38 +00:00
Cargo.toml Update to spec v1.0.0-rc.0 and BLSv4 (#1765) 2020-10-28 22:19:38 +00:00
README.md Added deterministic keypair generation. 2019-04-08 15:02:11 +10:00

Lighthouse Account Manager

The account manager (AM) is a stand-alone binary which allows users to generate and manage the cryptographic keys necessary to interact with Ethereum Serenity.

Roles

The AM is responsible for the following tasks:

  • Generation of cryptographic key pairs
    • Must acquire sufficient entropy to ensure keys are generated securely (TBD)
  • Secure storage of private keys
    • Keys must be encrypted while at rest on the disk (TBD)
    • The format is compatible with the validator client
  • Produces messages and transactions necessary to initiate staking on Ethereum 1.x (TPD)

Implementation

The AM is not a service, and does not run continuously, nor does it interact with any running services. It is intended to be executed separately from other Lighthouse binaries and produce files which can be consumed by them.&

Usage

Simply run ./account_manager generate to generate a new random private key, which will be automatically saved to the correct directory.

If you prefer to use our "deterministic" keys for testing purposes, simply run ./accounts_manager generate_deterministic -i <index>, where index is the validator index for the key. This will reliably produce the same key each time and save it to the directory.