During the spring of 2020, O(1) Labs engaged NCC Group to conduct a cryptographic assessment of Coda Protocol. This cryptocurrency leverages state-of-the art cryptographic constructions to provide traditional cryptocurrency applications with a more lightweight blockchain. This assessment focused on the core cryptographic primitives as well as the overlaid protocol. The O(1) Labs team provided source … Continue reading Public Report – Coda Cryptographic Review
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Public Report – RustCrypto AES/GCM and ChaCha20+Poly1305 Implementation Review
In December 2019, MobileCoin engaged NCC Group to conduct a review of the AES/GCM and ChaCha20+Poly1305 implementations provided by the RustCrypto/AEADs crates. The intended usage context of these crates includes SGX enclaves, making timing-related side channel attacks relevant to this assessment. Two consultants provided five person-days of effort. The Public Report for this audit may … Continue reading Public Report – RustCrypto AES/GCM and ChaCha20+Poly1305 Implementation Review
Public Report – Electric Coin Company NU3 Specification and Blossom Implementation Audit
In October 2019, the Electric Coin Company engaged NCC Group to conduct a review of two Zcash improvement proposals (ZIP 213 and ZIP 221) and of the implementation of ZIP 208 within the Zcash node implementation. ZIP 213 proposes a change to consensus rules to allow coinbase transactions to target shielded addresses. ZIP 221 describes … Continue reading Public Report – Electric Coin Company NU3 Specification and Blossom Implementation Audit