Remove the constraint system from the alpha proving key.
This removes the constraint system from the `z5-proving.key`, shortening it by about 35%. It appeared at the end of the file, which is why we didn't need to change public parameters in #1104.
Add security warnings doc with warning about side channels.
Closes#5. Closes#785. Closes#488. Closes#784.
Let's only merge this once we're sure the warning is at least as strong as it needs to be (and thus sufficient to close those tickets).
New private/public key pairs for broadcasting alert messages
Implements #424
Fixes and integrates method of sending alerts as described by upstream here:
- https://gist.github.com/laanwj/0e689cfa37b52bcbbb44
To send an alert:
- Copy private keys into alertkeys.h.
- Modify alert parameters and message found in sendalert.cpp
- Build and run to send the alert e.g. ./zcashd -printtoconsole -sendalert
Tested and verified with local nodes on alpha 6 testnet.
Rename things to match protocol specification
This is a pass through the code to eliminate usage of "pour" and "serial" and any other outdated terminology.
Closes#602
Update libsnark
We have now forked libsnark's current master and applied the following patches:
* [`9216072`: Remove code that we don't use.](9216072c3b) (unblocks #69)
* [`dcb78b2`: Modify makefile to stop compiling things we removed.](dcb78b24d9)
* [`a6b0ad0`: Use libsodium's PRNG](a6b0ad0c80) (closes#780)
* [`4036716`: Don't (de)serialize the constraint system in the proving key.](403671675a) (closes#491)
* [`a703148`: Taylor's compilation patch](a7031481fd) (@defuse can you submit this to upstream?)
This PR adopts those changes, and makes the requisite changes to Zcash to support them. I have decided to not bring libsnark in tree for the time being, though it should be incredibly easy to do later if we're *absolutely* sure we should.
Add getblocksubsidy RPC command to return block reward taking into account mining slow start
This PR adds a new RPC command to return the block reward as defined by function `GetBlockSubsidy`.
Usage:
`zcash-cli getblocksubsidy blockheight
`
The basis for this PR is that some users have been unaware of the mining slow start and they subsequently sought help to clarify if they were mining blocks correctly or if there was a bug in the reward schedule.
