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Wallet-based, encrypted key management (#1138)
* Update hashmap hashset to stable futures * Adds panic test to hashset delay * Port remote_beacon_node to stable futures * Fix lcli merge conflicts * Non rpc stuff compiles * Remove padding * Add error enum, zeroize more things * Fix comment * protocol.rs compiles * Port websockets, timer and notifier to stable futures (#1035) * Fix lcli * Port timer to stable futures * Fix timer * Port websocket_server to stable futures * Port notifier to stable futures * Add TODOS * Port remote_beacon_node to stable futures * Partial eth2-libp2p stable future upgrade * Finished first round of fighting RPC types * Further progress towards porting eth2-libp2p adds caching to discovery * Update behaviour * Add keystore builder * Remove keystore stuff from val client * Add more tests, comments * RPC handler to stable futures * Update RPC to master libp2p * Add more comments, test vectors * Network service additions * Progress on improving JSON validation * More JSON verification * Start moving JSON into own mod * Remove old code * Add more tests, reader/writers * Tidy * Move keystore into own file * Move more logic into keystore file * Tidy * Tidy * Fix the fallback transport construction (#1102) * Allow for odd-character hex * Correct warning * Remove hashmap delay * Compiling version of eth2-libp2p * Update all crates versions * Fix conversion function and add tests (#1113) * Add more json missing field checks * Use scrypt by default * Tidy, address comments * Test path and uuid in vectors * Fix comment * Add checks for kdf params * Enforce empty kdf message * Port validator_client to stable futures (#1114) * Add PH & MS slot clock changes * Account for genesis time * Add progress on duties refactor * Add simple is_aggregator bool to val subscription * Start work on attestation_verification.rs * Add progress on ObservedAttestations * Progress with ObservedAttestations * Fix tests * Add observed attestations to the beacon chain * Add attestation observation to processing code * Add progress on attestation verification * Add first draft of ObservedAttesters * Add more tests * Add observed attesters to beacon chain * Add observers to attestation processing * Add more attestation verification * Create ObservedAggregators map * Remove commented-out code * Add observed aggregators into chain * Add progress * Finish adding features to attestation verification * Ensure beacon chain compiles * Link attn verification into chain * Integrate new attn verification in chain * Remove old attestation processing code * Start trying to fix beacon_chain tests * Split adding into pools into two functions * Add aggregation to harness * Get test harness working again * Adjust the number of aggregators for test harness * Fix edge-case in harness * Integrate new attn processing in network * Fix compile bug in validator_client * Update validator API endpoints * Fix aggreagation in test harness * Fix enum thing * Fix attestation observation bug: * Patch failing API tests * Start adding comments to attestation verification * Remove unused attestation field * Unify "is block known" logic * Update comments * Supress fork choice errors for network processing * Add todos * Tidy * Add gossip attn tests * Disallow test harness to produce old attns * Comment out in-progress tests * Partially address pruning tests * Fix failing store test * Add aggregate tests * Add comments about which spec conditions we check * Dont re-aggregate * Split apart test harness attn production * Fix compile error in network * Make progress on commented-out test * Fix skipping attestation test * Add fork choice verification tests * Tidy attn tests, remove dead code * Remove some accidentally added code * Fix clippy lint * Rename test file * Add block tests, add cheap block proposer check * Rename block testing file * Add observed_block_producers * Tidy * Switch around block signature verification * Finish block testing * Remove gossip from signature tests * First pass of self review * Fix deviation in spec * Update test spec tags * Start moving over to hashset * Finish moving observed attesters to hashmap * Move aggregation pool over to hashmap * Make fc attn borrow again * Fix rest_api compile error * Fix missing comments * Fix monster test * Uncomment increasing slots test * Address remaining comments * Remove unsafe, use cfg test * Remove cfg test flag * Fix dodgy comment * Revert "Update hashmap hashset to stable futures" This reverts commitd432378a3c. * Revert "Adds panic test to hashset delay" This reverts commit281502396f. * Ported attestation_service * Ported duties_service * Ported fork_service * More ports * Port block_service * Minor fixes * VC compiles * Update TODOS * Borrow self where possible * Ignore aggregates that are already known. * Unify aggregator modulo logic * Fix typo in logs * Refactor validator subscription logic * Avoid reproducing selection proof * Skip HTTP call if no subscriptions * Rename DutyAndState -> DutyAndProof * Tidy logs * Print root as dbg * Fix compile errors in tests * Fix compile error in test * Re-Fix attestation and duties service * Minor fixes Co-authored-by: Paul Hauner <paul@paulhauner.com> * Expose json_keystore mod * First commits on path derivation * Progress with implementation * More progress * Passing intermediate test vectors * Tidy, add comments * Add DerivedKey structs * Move key derivation into own crate * Add zeroize structs * Return error for empty seed * Add tests * Tidy * First commits on path derivation * Progress with implementation * Move key derivation into own crate * Start defining JSON wallet * Add progress * Split out encrypt/decrypt * First commits on path derivation * Progress with implementation * More progress * Passing intermediate test vectors * Tidy, add comments * Add DerivedKey structs * Move key derivation into own crate * Add zeroize structs * Return error for empty seed * Add tests * Tidy * Add progress * Replace some password usage with slice * First commits on path derivation * Progress with implementation * More progress * Passing intermediate test vectors * Tidy, add comments * Add DerivedKey structs * Move key derivation into own crate * Add zeroize structs * Return error for empty seed * Add tests * Tidy * Add progress * Expose PlainText struct * First commits on path derivation * Progress with implementation * More progress * Passing intermediate test vectors * Tidy, add comments * Add DerivedKey structs * Move key derivation into own crate * Add zeroize structs * Return error for empty seed * Add tests * Tidy * Add builder * Expose consts, remove Password * Minor progress * Expose SALT_SIZE * First compiling version * Add test vectors * Network crate update to stable futures * Move dbg assert statement * Port account_manager to stable futures (#1121) * Port account_manager to stable futures * Run async fns in tokio environment * Port rest_api crate to stable futures (#1118) * Port rest_api lib to stable futures * Reduce tokio features * Update notifier to stable futures * Builder update * Further updates * Add mnemonic, tidy * Convert self referential async functions * Tidy * Add testing * Add first attempt at validator_dir * Present pubkey field * stable futures fixes (#1124) * Fix eth1 update functions * Fix genesis and client * Fix beacon node lib * Return appropriate runtimes from environment * Fix test rig * Refactor eth1 service update * Upgrade simulator to stable futures * Lighthouse compiles on stable futures * Add first pass of wallet manager * Progress with CLI * Remove println debugging statement * Tidy output * Tidy 600 perms * Update libp2p service, start rpc test upgrade * Add validator creation flow * Update network crate for new libp2p * Start tidying, adding comments * Update tokio::codec to futures_codec (#1128) * Further work towards RPC corrections * Correct http timeout and network service select * Add wallet mgr testing * Shift LockedWallet into own file * Add comments to fs * Start integration into VC * Use tokio runtime for libp2p * Revert "Update tokio::codec to futures_codec (#1128)" This reverts commite57aea924a. * Upgrade RPC libp2p tests * Upgrade secio fallback test * Add lcli keypair upgrade command * Upgrade gossipsub examples * Clean up RPC protocol * Test fixes (#1133) * Correct websocket timeout and run on os thread * Fix network test * Add --secrets-dir to VC * Remove --legacy-keys from VC * Clean up PR * Correct tokio tcp move attestation service tests * Upgrade attestation service tests * Fix sim * Correct network test * Correct genesis test * Start docs * Add progress for validator generation * Tidy error messages * Test corrections * Log info when block is received * Modify logs and update attester service events * Stable futures: fixes to vc, eth1 and account manager (#1142) * Add local testnet scripts * Remove whiteblock script * Rename local testnet script * Move spawns onto handle * Fix VC panic * Initial fix to block production issue * Tidy block producer fix * Tidy further * Add local testnet clean script * Run cargo fmt * Tidy duties service * Tidy fork service * Tidy ForkService * Tidy AttestationService * Tidy notifier * Ensure await is not suppressed in eth1 * Ensure await is not suppressed in account_manager * Use .ok() instead of .unwrap_or(()) * RPC decoding test for proto * Update discv5 and eth2-libp2p deps * Run cargo fmt * Pre-build keystores for sim * Fix lcli double runtime issue (#1144) * Handle stream termination and dialing peer errors * Correct peer_info variant types * Add progress on new deposit flow * Remove unnecessary warnings * Handle subnet unsubscription removal and improve logigng * Add logs around ping * Upgrade discv5 and improve logging * Handle peer connection status for multiple connections * Improve network service logging * Add more incomplete progress * Improve logging around peer manager * Upgrade swarm poll centralise peer management * Identify clients on error * Fix `remove_peer` in sync (#1150) * remove_peer removes from all chains * Remove logs * Fix early return from loop * Improved logging, fix panic * Partially correct tests * Add deposit command * Remove old validator directory * Start adding AM tests * Stable futures: Vc sync (#1149) * Improve syncing heuristic * Add comments * Use safer method for tolerance * Fix tests * Binary testing progress * Progress with CLI tests * Use constants for flags * More account manager testing * Improve CLI tests * Move upgrade-legacy-keypairs into account man * Use rayon for VC key generation * Add comments to `validator_dir` * Add testing to validator_dir * Add fix to eth1-sim * Check errors in eth1-sim * Fix mutability issue * Ensure password file ends in .pass * Add more tests to wallet manager * Tidy deposit * Tidy account manager * Tidy account manager * Remove panic * Generate keypairs earlier in sim * Tidy eth1-sime * Try to fix eth1 sim * Address review comments * Fix typo in CLI command * Update docs * Disable eth1 sim * Remove eth1 sim completely Co-authored-by: Age Manning <Age@AgeManning.com> Co-authored-by: pawanjay176 <pawandhananjay@gmail.com>
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# Key Management
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Lighthouse uses a _hierarchical_ key management system for producing validator
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keys. It is hierarchical because each validator key can be _derived_ from a
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master key, making the validators keys _children_ of the master key. This
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scheme means that a single 12-word mnemonic can be used to backup all of your
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validator keys without providing any observable link between them (i.e., it is
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privacy-retaining). Hierarchical key derivation schemes are common-place in
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cryptocurrencies, they are already used by most hardware and software wallets
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to secure BTC, ETH and many other coins.
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## Key Concepts
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We defined some terms in the context of validator key management:
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- **Mnemonic**: a string of 12-words that is designed to be easy to write down
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and remember. E.g., _"enemy fog enlist laundry nurse hungry discover turkey holiday resemble glad discover"_.
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- Defined in BIP-39
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- **Wallet**: a wallet is a JSON file which stores an
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encrypted version of a mnemonic.
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- Defined in EIP-2386
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- **Keystore**: typically created by wallet, it contains a single encrypted BLS
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keypair.
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- Defined in EIP-2335.
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- **Voting Keypair**: a BLS public and private keypair which is used for
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signing blocks, attestations and other messages on regular intervals,
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whilst staking in Phase 0.
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- **Withdrawal Keypair**: a BLS public and private keypair which will be
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required _after_ Phase 0 to manage ETH once a validator has exited.
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## Overview
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The key management system in Lighthouse involves moving down the above list of
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items, starting at one easy-to-backup mnemonic and ending with multiple
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keypairs. Creating a single validator looks like this:
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1. Create a **wallet** and record the **mnemonic**:
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- `lighthouse account wallet create --name wally --passphrase-file wally.pass`
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1. Create the voting and withdrawal **keystores** for one validator:
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- `lighthouse account validator create --wallet-name wally --wallet-passphrase wally.pass`
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In step (1), we created a wallet in `~/.lighthouse/wallets` with the name
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`mywallet`. We encrypted this using a pre-defined password in the
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`mywallet.pass` file. Then, in step (2), we created a new validator in the
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`~/.lighthouse/validators` directory using `mywallet` (unlocking it with
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`mywallet.pass`) and storing the passwords to the validators voting key in
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`~/.lighthouse/secrets`.
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Thanks to the hierarchical key derivation scheme, we can delete all of the
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aforementioned directories and then regenerate them as long as we remembered
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the 12-word mnemonic (we don't recommend doing this, though).
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Creating another validator is easy, it's just a matter of repeating step (2).
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The wallet keeps track of how many validators it has generated and ensures that
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a new validator is generated each time.
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## Detail
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### Directory Structure
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There are three important directories in Lighthouse validator key management:
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- `wallets/`: contains encrypted wallets which are used for hierarchical
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key derivation.
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- Defaults to `~/.lighthouse/wallets`
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- `validators/`: contains a directory for each validator containing
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encrypted keystores and other validator-specific data.
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- Defaults to `~/.lighthouse/validators`
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- `secrets/`: since the validator signing keys are "hot", the validator process
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needs access to the passwords to decrypt the keystores in the validators
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dir. These passwords are stored here.
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- Defaults to `~/.lighthouse/secrets`
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When the validator client boots, it searches the `validators/` for directories
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containing voting keystores. When it discovers a keystore, it searches the
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`secrets/` dir for a file with the same name as the 0x-prefixed hex
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representation of the keystore public key. If it finds this file, it attempts
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to decrypt the keystore using the contents of this file as the password. If it
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fails, it logs an error and moves onto the next keystore.
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The `validators/` and `secrets/` directories are kept separate to allow for
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ease-of-backup; you can safely backup `validators/` without worrying about
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leaking private key data.
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### Withdrawal Keypairs
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In Eth2 Phase 0, withdrawal keypairs do not serve any immediate purpose.
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However, they become very important _after_ Phase 0: they will provide the
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ultimate control of the ETH of withdrawn validators.
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This presents an interesting key management scenario: withdrawal keys are very
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important, but not right now. Considering this, Lighthouse has adopted a
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strategy where **we do not save withdrawal keypairs to disk by default** (it is
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opt-in). Instead, we assert that since the withdrawal keys can be regenerated
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from a mnemonic, having them lying around on the file-system only presents risk
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and complexity.
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At the time or writing, we do not expose the commands to regenerate keys from
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mnemonics. However, key regeneration is tested on the public Lighthouse
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repository and will be exposed prior to mainnet launch.
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So, in summary, withdrawal keypairs can be trivially regenerated from the
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mnemonic via EIP-2333 so they are not saved to disk like the voting keypairs.
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