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fixup! improve nonce_gen doc
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jonasnick committed Apr 16, 2024
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* MuSig differs from regular Schnorr signing in that implementers _must_ take
* special care to not reuse a nonce. This can be ensured by following these rules:
*
* 1. Each call to this function must have a UNIQUE session_secrand32 that must NOT BE
* REUSED in subsequent calls to this function.
* If you do not provide a seckey, session_secrand32 _must_ be UNIFORMLY RANDOM
* AND KEPT SECRET (even from other signers).
* 1. Each call to this function must have a UNIQUE session_secrand32 that must
* NOT BE REUSED in subsequent calls to this function and must be KEPT
* SECRET (even from other signers).
* 2. If you already know the seckey, message or aggregate public key
* cache, they can be optionally provided to derive the nonce and increase
* misuse-resistance. The extra_input32 argument can be used to provide
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* 3. Avoid copying (or serializing) the secnonce. This reduces the possibility
* that it is used more than once for signing.
*
* If you don't have access to good randomness for session_secrand32, but you
* have access to a non-repeating counter, then see
* secp256k1_musig_nonce_gen_counter.
*
* Remember that nonce reuse will leak the secret key!
* Note that using the same seckey for multiple MuSig sessions is fine.
*
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* MuSig differs from regular Schnorr signing in that implementers _must_ take
* special care to not reuse a nonce. This can be ensured by following these rules:
*
* 1. The nonrepeating_cnt argument must be a counter value that never
* repeats, i.e., you must never call `secp256k1_musig_nonce_gen_counter`
* twice with the same seckey and nonrepeating_cnt value.
* 2. If you already know the seckey, message or aggregate public key
* 1. The nonrepeating_cnt argument must be a counter value that never repeats,
* i.e., you must never call `secp256k1_musig_nonce_gen_counter` twice with
* the same seckey and nonrepeating_cnt value. For example, this implies
* that if the same seckey is used with `secp256k1_musig_nonce_gen_counter`
* on multiple devices, none of the devices should have the same counter
* value as any other device.
* 2. If you already know the message or aggregate public key
* cache, they can be optionally provided to derive the nonce and increase
* misuse-resistance. The extra_input32 argument can be used to provide
* additional data that does not repeat in normal scenarios, such as the
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