Python wrapper around the sloth algorithm by Benjamin Wesolowski in A random zoo: sloth, unicorn, and trx
The python module exposes an api for the sloth c-extension.
Note: this module is only tested to work on linux (ubuntu)
Can be installed with pip or by running python3 setup.py install.
The setup process includes compiling the c-extension, which has the following requirements (both installable via apt):
- libgmp-dev
- libssl-dev
Usage example:
from sloth import Sloth
sloth = Sloth(data=b'testdata', bits=2048, iterations=5000)
sloth.compute()
sloth.wait()
print("sloth computation done")
print("witness", sloth.witness)
print("output", sloth.final_hash)
sloth.verify()
sloth.wait()
print("sloth is", ("valid" if sloth.valid else "invalid"))
You can enable/disable a sloth progressbar by setting PROGRESS on the sloth module to true or false.
If in doubt read the code