feat: use blst library instead relic - #7678

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Nitpick comments: 4

src/dashbls/src/test.cpp: 2

2151-2154: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Low value

Add a 33-byte Sign assertion to the legacy test.

The legacy Sign path rejects 33-byte messages today. The test checks only the 31-byte case, so a guard that rejects short messages but accepts long ones would still pass.

🧪 Suggested test addition

     REQUIRE_THROWS(LegacySchemeMPL().Sign(sk, Bytes(h31)));
+    REQUIRE_THROWS(LegacySchemeMPL().Sign(sk, Bytes(h33)));

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Review comment at @src/dashbls/src/test.cpp around lines 2151 - 2154:
Add a REQUIRE_THROWS assertion for LegacySchemeMPL().Sign(sk, Bytes(h33))
alongside the existing 31-byte Sign assertion, ensuring the legacy Sign path is
tested for rejecting 33-byte messages as well.

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1954-1955: Trivial · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Add identity-bytes assertions to the bytes-overload test case.

The new bytes-overload tests use only 0xff inputs, and those fail decoding. No test passes a serialized G1Element() or G2Element() to a bytes overload. A canonical identity decodes successfully and is rejected only by the element-level checks. A regression in a bytes overload that accepted identity would pass this suite.

Suggested test addition

 TEST_CASE("Bytes overloads return false on malformed input instead of throwing")
 {
+    SECTION("CoreMPL::Verify with identity pubkey and signature bytes")
+    {
+        auto sk = BasicSchemeMPL().KeyGen(getRandomSeed());
+        auto msg = getRandomSeed();
+        auto sig = BasicSchemeMPL().Sign(sk, msg);
+        auto identityPkBytes = G1Element().Serialize();
+        auto identitySigBytes = G2Element().Serialize();
+        REQUIRE(BasicSchemeMPL().Verify(Bytes(identityPkBytes), Bytes(msg), Bytes(sig.Serialize())) == false);
+        REQUIRE(BasicSchemeMPL().Verify(Bytes(sk.GetG1Element().Serialize()), Bytes(msg), Bytes(identitySigBytes)) == false);
+    }
+
     SECTION("CoreMPL::Verify with malformed pubkey bytes")

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Review comment at @src/dashbls/src/test.cpp around lines 1954 - 1955:
Add identity-byte coverage to the bytes-overload test case containing
BasicSchemeMPL().Verify: verify that serialized G1Element() bytes as the public
key and serialized G2Element() bytes as the signature each produce false when
paired with otherwise valid inputs. Keep the existing malformed-input assertions
unchanged.

src/dashbls/tools/fuzzgen.cpp: 1

151-159: Trivial · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Recover from every 2-of-3 share pair in fuzzgen.

The driver generates three share identifiers but recovers only the pair (0, 1). A regression in pairs (0, 2) or (1, 2) would not change its output, so the old-versus-new diff cannot detect it. Recover from all three pairs.

Suggested fix

-        PrivateKey sh0 = Threshold::PrivateKeyShare({sks[0], sks[1]}, Bytes(idStore[0]));
-        PrivateKey sh1 = Threshold::PrivateKeyShare({sks[0], sks[1]}, Bytes(idStore[1]));
-        try {
-            PrivateKey rec = Threshold::PrivateKeyRecover(
-                {sh0, sh1}, {Bytes(idStore[0]), Bytes(idStore[1])});
-            dump(rec.Serialize());
-        } catch (const std::exception&) {
-            printf("EXC");
-        }
+        PrivateKey sh[3] = {
+            Threshold::PrivateKeyShare({sks[0], sks[1]}, Bytes(idStore[0])),
+            Threshold::PrivateKeyShare({sks[0], sks[1]}, Bytes(idStore[1])),
+            Threshold::PrivateKeyShare({sks[0], sks[1]}, Bytes(idStore[2])),
+        };
+        for (int a = 0; a < 3; a++) {
+            for (int b = a + 1; b < 3; b++) {
+                try {
+                    PrivateKey rec = Threshold::PrivateKeyRecover(
+                        {sh[a], sh[b]}, {Bytes(idStore[a]), Bytes(idStore[b])});
+                    dump(rec.Serialize());
+                } catch (const std::exception&) {
+                    printf("EXC");
+                }
+                printf(";");
+            }
+        }

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Review comment at @src/dashbls/tools/fuzzgen.cpp around lines 151 - 159:
Update the share generation and recovery flow in the fuzzgen driver to exercise
all three 2-of-3 pairs. Generate shares for all three identifiers in idStore,
then call Threshold::PrivateKeyRecover for each distinct pair using the matching
shares and identifiers, preserving the existing result and exception handling
behavior.

src/dashbls/rust-bindings/bls-signatures/src/schemes.rs: 1

452-468: Trivial · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Add a direct FFI test for the null-return path of LegacySchemeMPLSign.

The two new should_panic tests stop at the Rust length assertion before the FFI call. No test reaches the null return or the GetLastErrorMsg read. Call LegacySchemeMPLSign directly with a 31-byte message. Assert a null return and the 32-byte message hash error text.

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Review comment at @src/dashbls/rust-bindings/bls-signatures/src/schemes.rs
around lines 452 - 468:
Add a direct FFI test alongside the existing legacy-sign tests that calls
LegacySchemeMPLSign with a 31-byte message, then asserts the return is null and
GetLastErrorMsg contains the 32-byte message hash error. Do not rely on
scheme.sign, whose Rust length assertion prevents reaching the FFI null-return
path.

Prompt to fix all issues

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minimal, and validate.

Inline comments:
Review comments at @ci/test/00_setup_env_native_msan.sh:
- Around line 29-32: The MSan configuration disables secp256k1 assembly but does
not restrict blst assembly. Update the MSan setup associated with BITCOIN_CONFIG
to disable blst assembly using the depends CFLAGS only after confirming blst
v0.3.17’s assembly honors the proposed macro; otherwise, keep assembly enabled
and document in the existing comment that BLS assembly is not covered by MSan.

Review comments at @src/dashbls/CMakeLists.txt:
- Around line 51-58: Make blst available to network-isolated sdist builds by
bundling the pinned source tree or supporting the FETCHCONTENT_SOURCE_DIR_BLST
local-source override in the FetchContent_Declare(blst) flow. Preserve the
existing pinned Git fallback for builds without a local source.

Review comments at @src/dashbls/src/CMakeLists.txt:
- Around line 18-21: The MSVC branch adds x86-64 assembly sources for every
architecture; update the architecture check around bls_sources so those files
are added only for x64 targets. For non-x64 MSVC targets, define __BLST_NO_ASM__
using the existing guard pattern.

Review comments at @src/dashbls/src/elements.cpp:
- Around line 681-689: Update GTElement::FromBytes to validate deserialized
values with the working membership check used by gt_is_valid, throwing
std::invalid_argument for non-members. Add a test confirming invalid GT bytes
are rejected through the byte-construction path.

Review comments at @src/dashbls/tools/fuzzgen.cpp:
- Around line 80-81: Validate the seed argument before deriving s0: update the
strtoull call to check conversion errors, require at least one parsed character
and full input consumption, and reject a leading minus sign. On invalid input,
report the seed error and exit with the same failure behavior used for an
invalid iteration count.

---

Minor comments:
Review comments at
@src/dashbls/rust-bindings/bls-dash-sys/c-bindings/schemes.cpp:
- Around line 330-332: Make the error handling in LegacySchemeMPLSign
thread-safe by replacing the shared gErrMsg write with per-thread error storage
or an error returned through an output parameter. Preserve the existing
error-reporting contract with the Rust reader and ensure concurrent failures
cannot overwrite or invalidate another call’s message.

Review comments at @src/dashbls/src/privatekey.cpp:
- Around line 313-314: Add a null check after `Util::SecAlloc<blst_scalar>` in
`AllocateKeyData()` and throw the established out-of-memory error before
`memset` can use a null pointer. Keep the change scoped to this allocation.

---

Nitpick comments:
Review comments at @src/dashbls/rust-bindings/bls-signatures/src/schemes.rs:
- Around line 452-468: Add a direct FFI test alongside the existing legacy-sign
tests that calls LegacySchemeMPLSign with a 31-byte message, then asserts the
return is null and GetLastErrorMsg contains the 32-byte message hash error. Do
not rely on scheme.sign, whose Rust length assertion prevents reaching the FFI
null-return path.

Review comments at @src/dashbls/src/test.cpp:
- Around line 2151-2154: Add a REQUIRE_THROWS assertion for
LegacySchemeMPL().Sign(sk, Bytes(h33)) alongside the existing 31-byte Sign
assertion, ensuring the legacy Sign path is tested for rejecting 33-byte
messages as well.
- Around line 1954-1955: Add identity-byte coverage to the bytes-overload test
case containing BasicSchemeMPL().Verify: verify that serialized G1Element()
bytes as the public key and serialized G2Element() bytes as the signature each
produce false when paired with otherwise valid inputs. Keep the existing
malformed-input assertions unchanged.

Review comments at @src/dashbls/tools/fuzzgen.cpp:
- Around line 151-159: Update the share generation and recovery flow in the
fuzzgen driver to exercise all three 2-of-3 pairs. Generate shares for all three
identifiers in idStore, then call Threshold::PrivateKeyRecover for each distinct
pair using the matching shares and identifiers, preserving the existing result
and exception handling behavior.

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