bech32

Pure Haskell bech32, bech32m encoding/decoding (docs.ppad.tech/bech32).
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      1 # ppad-bech32
      2 
      3 A pure Haskell implementation of bech32m and bech32 encoding/decoding on
      4 strict ByteStrings, as specified by [BIP350][bi350] and [BIP173][bi173].
      5 
      6 ## Usage
      7 
      8 A sample GHCi session:
      9 
     10 ```
     11   > :set -XOverloadedStrings
     12   >
     13   > -- import qualified
     14   > import qualified Data.ByteString.Bech32m as Bech32m
     15   >
     16   > -- create a bech32m-encoded string using a human-readable part (HRP)
     17   > -- and some input
     18   > let Just bech32m = Bech32m.encode "bc" "a standard word8 bytestring"
     19   > bech32m
     20   "bc1vys8xarpdejxzunyypmk7uny8qsxy7t5v4ehgunfdenswyuz0e"
     21   >
     22   > -- verify that a bech32m string has a valid checksum
     23   > Bech32m.verify bech32
     24   True
     25   >
     26   > -- tweaked stuff will obviously fail to verify (s/m/w below)
     27   > Bech32m.verify "bc1vys8xarpdejxzunyypwk7uny8qsxy7t5v4ehgunfdenswyuz0e"
     28   False
     29   >
     30   > -- decode bech32m-encoded input
     31   > Bech32m.decode bech32m
     32   Just ("bc","a standard word8 bytestring")
     33 ```
     34 
     35 ## Documentation
     36 
     37 Haddocks (API documentation, etc.) are hosted at
     38 [docs.ppad.tech/bech32](https://docs.ppad.tech/bech32).
     39 
     40 ## Performance
     41 
     42 The aim is best-in-class performance for pure, highly-auditable Haskell
     43 code. At present we're a little over twice as fast as the official
     44 BIP173 reference implementation.
     45 
     46 Current benchmark figures on my mid-2020 MacBook Air look like (use
     47 `cabal bench` to run the benchmark suite):
     48 
     49 ```
     50   benchmarking benchmarks/ppad-bech32/bech32 encode/120b
     51   time                 1.278 μs   (1.264 μs .. 1.293 μs)
     52                        0.999 R²   (0.999 R² .. 1.000 R²)
     53   mean                 1.271 μs   (1.261 μs .. 1.283 μs)
     54   std dev              37.83 ns   (31.42 ns .. 45.63 ns)
     55 
     56   benchmarking benchmarks/ppad-bech32/bech32 decode/120b
     57   time                 1.567 μs   (1.519 μs .. 1.611 μs)
     58                        0.996 R²   (0.994 R² .. 0.998 R²)
     59   mean                 1.535 μs   (1.511 μs .. 1.565 μs)
     60   std dev              88.19 ns   (71.27 ns .. 108.7 ns)
     61 
     62   benchmarking benchmarks/reference/bech32 encode/120b
     63   time                 2.953 μs   (2.785 μs .. 3.143 μs)
     64                        0.975 R²   (0.958 R² .. 0.991 R²)
     65   mean                 2.817 μs   (2.723 μs .. 2.998 μs)
     66   std dev              415.9 ns   (287.2 ns .. 640.3 ns)
     67 ```
     68 
     69 ## Security
     70 
     71 This library aims at the maximum security achievable in a
     72 garbage-collected language under an optimizing compiler such as GHC, in
     73 which strict constant-timeness can be challenging to achieve.
     74 
     75 If you discover any vulnerabilities, please disclose them via
     76 security@ppad.tech.
     77 
     78 ## Development
     79 
     80 You'll require [Nix][nixos] with [flake][flake] support enabled. Enter a
     81 development shell with:
     82 
     83 ```
     84 $ nix develop
     85 ```
     86 
     87 Then do e.g.:
     88 
     89 ```
     90 $ cabal repl ppad-bech32
     91 ```
     92 
     93 to get a REPL for the main library.
     94 
     95 ## Attribution
     96 
     97 The base32 implementation used internally is more or less a pure
     98 translation of the [base32][bas32] package on Hackage.
     99 
    100 [nixos]: https://nixos.org/
    101 [flake]: https://nixos.org/manual/nix/unstable/command-ref/new-cli/nix3-flake.html
    102 [bi173]: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0173.mediawiki
    103 [bi350]: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0350.mediawiki
    104 [bas32]: https://hackage.haskell.org/package/base32