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In POSIX sh, set option [name] is undefined.

The value [name] is something other than allexport, errexit, ignoreeof, monitor, noclobber, noexec, noglob, nolog, notify , nounset, verbose, vi, or xtrace.

Rationale:

In a script declared to run with sh or dash, ShellCheck found set -o used with an option that is not defined by POSIX. The option may not be supported by these shells.

Exceptions:

If the script has already inspected the current shell and determined the option is available, you can ignore this message.

pipefail

Problematic code:

#!/bin/sh
set -o pipefail
if cmd1 | cmd2 | cmd3
then
  echo "Success"
fi

Correct code:

fail="$(mktemp)"
if { cmd1 || echo > "$fail"; } |
   { cmd2 || echo > "$fail"; } |
     cmd3 && [ ! -s "$fail" ]
then
  echo "Success"
fi
rm "$fail"

Each stage in the pipeline such as cmd1 can be rewritten as { cmd1 || echo > file; } which will behave as before but now also write the exit code into file if the command fails.

If the file has been written to when the pipeline is done, it means one of the commands failed. This is demonstrated in the correct example.

This can obviously be extended with e.g. echo "cmd1=$?" >> file if the particular exit codes for particular commands are desired.

If pipefail or other options are used only as a sanity check, another option is to try the setting in a subshell and only apply it in the main shell if successful. This will set the flag on platforms where sh is linked to ash, busybox, or bash, but do nothing if sh is dash.

# Set pipefail if it works in a subshell, disregard if unsupported
# shellcheck disable=SC3040
(set -o pipefail 2> /dev/null) && set -o pipefail

Alternatively, switch to a shell that supports pipefail, such as Bash.

Versions:

POSIX.1-2024 introduced pipefail. This rule was last applicable to pipefail in POSIX.1-2017.

dash version 5.13 included pipefail along with other POSIX.1-2024 features.

Related resources:

#!/usr/bin/env node “use strict”;

const crypto = require(“crypto”);

/* ================= Hash / Encoding ================= */

function sha256(b){ return crypto.createHash(“sha256”).update(b).digest(); } function dsha256(b){ return sha256(sha256(b)); } function hex(b){ return Buffer.from(b).toString(“hex”); }

function b64u(b){

return Buffer.from(b).toString("base64")
  .replace(/\+/g,"-").replace(/\//g,"_").replace(/=+$/,"");

}

function b64uDec(s){

const p=s.replace(/-/g,"+").replace(/_/g,"/")+"===".slice((s.length+3)%4);
return Buffer.from(p,"base64");

}

/* ================= STDIN ================= */

async function readStdin(){

return new Promise(res=>{
  const chunks=[];
  process.stdin.on("data",c=>chunks.push(c));
  process.stdin.on("end",()=>res(Buffer.concat(chunks)));
  if(process.stdin.isTTY) res(Buffer.alloc(0));
});

}

/* ================= Ints ================= */

function u32le(n){ const b=Buffer.alloc(4); b.writeUInt32LE(n>>>0,0); return b; } function u32be(n){ const b=Buffer.alloc(4); b.writeUInt32BE(n>>>0,0); return b; }

function u64le(n){

const b=Buffer.alloc(8);
let x=BigInt(n);
for(let i=0;i<8;i++){ b[i]=Number(x&0xffn); x>>=8n; }
return b;

}

function varint(n){

if(n<0xfd) return Buffer.from([n]);
const b=Buffer.alloc(3);
b[0]=0xfd;
b.writeUInt16LE(n,1);
return b;

}

/* ================= PoW ================= */

function bitsToTarget(bits){

const exp=(bits>>>24)&0xff;
const mant=BigInt(bits & 0x1d00ffff);
if(exp<=3) return mant >> BigInt(8*(3-exp));
return mant << BigInt(8*(exp-3));

}

function hashToBigIntLE(h){

return BigInt("0x"+hex(Buffer.from(h).reverse()));

}

/* ================= Merkle ================= */

function merkleParent(a,b){ return dsha256(Buffer.concat([a,b])); }

function merkleRoot(leaves){

let level=leaves.slice();
while(level.length>1){
  const next=[];
  for(let i=0;i<level.length;i+=2){
    const L=level[i];
    const R=(i+1<level.length)?level[i+1]:level[i];
    next.push(merkleParent(L,R));
  }
  level=next;
}
return level[0];

}

function merkleAuthPath(leaves,index){

let idx=index;
let level=leaves.slice();
const path=[];
while(level.length>1){
  const sib=idx^1;
  path.push((sib<level.length)?level[sib]:level[idx]);

  const next=[];
  for(let i=0;i<level.length;i+=2){
    const L=level[i];
    const R=(i+1<level.length)?level[i+1]:level[i];
    next.push(merkleParent(L,R));
  }

  level=next;
  idx=Math.floor(idx/2);
}
return path;

}

function recomputeRootFromPath(leaf,index,path){

let node=Buffer.from(leaf);
let idx=index;
for(const sib of path){
  node=(idx&1) ? merkleParent(sib,node) : merkleParent(node,sib);
  idx=Math.floor(idx/2);
}
return node;

}

/* ================= WOTS ================= */

const WOTS_N=32; const WOTS_W=16; const WOTS_LEN1=64; const WOTS_LEN2=3; const WOTS_LEN=67;

function wotsF(x){

return sha256(Buffer.concat([Buffer.from("WOTSF"),x]));

}

function wotsChain(x,steps){

let y=Buffer.from(x);
for(let i=0;i<steps;i++) y=wotsF(y);
return y;

}

function wotsSkElem(seed,leaf,i){

return sha256(Buffer.concat([
  Buffer.from("WOTSSK"),
  seed,
  u32be(leaf),
  u32be(i)
]));

}

function baseW(digest){

const out=[];
for(let i=0;i<32;i++){
  out.push((digest[i]>>>4)&15);
  out.push(digest[i]&15);
}
return out;

}

function checksumDigits(digits){

let c=0;
for(const d of digits) c+=15-d;

const out=[0,0,0];
for(let i=2;i>=0;i--){
  out[i]=c%16;
  c=Math.floor(c/16);
}
return out;

}

function wotsDigits(digest){

const d=baseW(digest);
return d.concat(checksumDigits(d));

}

function wotsPublicKeyHash(seed,leaf){

const parts=[];
for(let i=0;i<WOTS_LEN;i++){
  const sk=wotsSkElem(seed,leaf,i);
  parts.push(wotsChain(sk,15));
}
return sha256(Buffer.concat([Buffer.from("WOTSPK"),...parts]));

}

function wotsSign(seed,leaf,msg){

const digest=sha256(msg);
const digits=wotsDigits(digest);
const sig=Buffer.alloc(WOTS_LEN*WOTS_N);

for(let i=0;i<WOTS_LEN;i++){
  const sk=wotsSkElem(seed,leaf,i);
  const si=wotsChain(sk,digits[i]);
  si.copy(sig,i*WOTS_N);
}

return {digest,sig};

}

/* ================= ECDSA Hybrid ================= */

function makeEcdsa(){

const kp=crypto.generateKeyPairSync("ec",{namedCurve:"secp256k1"});
const pubDer=kp.publicKey.export({type:"spki",format:"der"});
return {privateKey:kp.privateKey, publicKey:kp.publicKey, pubDer};

}

function ecdsaMessage(stdinHash,pqRoot,pqSigHash){

return dsha256(Buffer.concat([
  Buffer.from("ECDSA-SIGN|PQH2|"),
  stdinHash,
  pqRoot,
  pqSigHash
]));

}

function signEcdsa(priv,msg){

return crypto.sign(null,msg,priv);

}

function verifyEcdsa(pubDer,msg,sig){

const pub=crypto.createPublicKey({key:pubDer,type:"spki",format:"der"});
return crypto.verify(null,msg,pub,sig);

}

function hybridHash(pqRoot,pqSigHash,ecdsaPubHash,ecdsaSigHash){

return dsha256(Buffer.concat([
  Buffer.from("HYBRID|PQH2|"),
  pqRoot,
  pqSigHash,
  ecdsaPubHash,
  ecdsaSigHash
]));

}

/* ================= Bitcoin Scripts ================= */

function scriptP2PKH(h160){

return Buffer.concat([
  Buffer.from([0x76,0xa9,0x14]),
  h160,
  Buffer.from([0x88,0xac])
]);

}

function scriptOpReturnHybrid(hybrid){

const payload=Buffer.concat([Buffer.from("PQH2"),hybrid]);
return Buffer.concat([Buffer.from([0x6a,0x24]),payload]);

}

/* ================= TX / Block ================= */

function buildCoinbaseTx({bits,msg,opret,reward,p2pkh}){

const prev=Buffer.alloc(32,0);
const vout=Buffer.from("ffffffff","hex");
const seq=Buffer.from("ffffffff","hex");
const bitsLE=u32le(bits);
const msgBuf=Buffer.from(msg,"utf8");

const scriptSig=Buffer.concat([
  Buffer.from([4]),bitsLE,
  varint(msgBuf.length),msgBuf
]);

const vin=Buffer.concat([
  prev,
  vout,
  varint(scriptSig.length),
  scriptSig,
  seq
]);

const out0=Buffer.concat([u64le(0n),varint(opret.length),opret]);
const out1=Buffer.concat([u64le(reward),varint(p2pkh.length),p2pkh]);

const tx=Buffer.concat([
  u32le(1),
  Buffer.from([1]),vin,
  Buffer.from([2]),out0,out1,
  u32le(0)
]);

return {
  tx,
  txidInternal:dsha256(tx),
  txidDisplay:Buffer.from(dsha256(tx)).reverse()
};

}

function mineHeader({merkle,time,bits}){

const target=bitsToTarget(bits);
let nonce=0;

while(true){
  const header=Buffer.concat([
    u32le(2),
    Buffer.alloc(32,0),
    merkle,
    u32le(time),
    u32le(bits),
    u32le(nonce)
  ]);

  const h=dsha256(header);
  if(hashToBigIntLE(h)<=target){
    return {nonce,header,hash:h,display:Buffer.from(h).reverse()};
  }

  nonce=(nonce+1)>>>0;
  if(nonce===0) throw new Error("nonce wrapped");
}

}

/* ================= Verify ================= */

function verifyRecord(j){

const sigBlob=b64uDec(j.pq.signature_compressed_b64u);

const tag=sigBlob.slice(0,4).toString();
const leaf=sigBlob.readUInt32BE(4);
const leafPk=sigBlob.slice(8,40);
const digest=sigBlob.slice(40,72);
const wotsSig=sigBlob.slice(72,72+(WOTS_LEN*WOTS_N));
const auth=sigBlob.slice(72+(WOTS_LEN*WOTS_N));

const authNodes=[];
for(let i=0;i<auth.length;i+=32) authNodes.push(auth.slice(i,i+32));

const sigHash=dsha256(sigBlob);
const pqRoot=recomputeRootFromPath(leafPk,leaf,authNodes);

const pubDer=b64uDec(j.hybrid.ecdsa_pubkey_spki_der_b64u);
const ecdsaSig=b64uDec(j.hybrid.ecdsa_signature_der_b64u);
const stdinHash=Buffer.from(j.stdin.dsha256_hex,"hex");
const ecdsaMsg=ecdsaMessage(stdinHash,pqRoot,sigHash);
const ecdsaValid=verifyEcdsa(pubDer,ecdsaMsg,ecdsaSig);

const ecdsaPubHash=dsha256(Buffer.concat([Buffer.from("ECDSA-PUB|PQH2|"),pubDer]));
const ecdsaSigHash=dsha256(ecdsaSig);
const hybrid=hybridHash(pqRoot,sigHash,ecdsaPubHash,ecdsaSigHash);

const opret=Buffer.from(j.bitcoin.op_return_scriptpubkey_hex,"hex");
const opHybrid=opret.slice(6,38);

const tx=Buffer.from(j.bitcoin.coinbase_tx_hex,"hex");
const txid=Buffer.from(dsha256(tx)).reverse();

const header=Buffer.from(j.bitcoin.header_hex,"hex");
const blockHash=Buffer.from(dsha256(header)).reverse();

const bits=parseInt(j.bitcoin.bits_hex,16);
const powOk=hashToBigIntLE(dsha256(header))<=bitsToTarget(bits);

return {
  verify:true,
  signature_tag_ok:tag==="PQSW",
  leaf_index_matches:leaf===j.pq.leaf_index,
  signature_hash_matches:hex(sigHash)===j.pq.sig_hash_dsha256_hex,
  pq_root_matches:hex(pqRoot)===j.pq.pq_root_hex,
  ecdsa_signature_valid:ecdsaValid,
  ecdsa_pubkey_hash_matches:hex(ecdsaPubHash)===j.hybrid.ecdsa_pubkey_hash_dsha256_hex,
  ecdsa_signature_hash_matches:hex(ecdsaSigHash)===j.hybrid.ecdsa_signature_hash_dsha256_hex,
  hybrid_hash_matches:hex(hybrid)===j.hybrid.hybrid_hash_dsha256_hex,
  op_return_hybrid_matches:hex(opHybrid)===j.hybrid.hybrid_hash_dsha256_hex,
  txid_matches:hex(txid)===j.bitcoin.coinbase_txid,
  block_hash_matches:hex(blockHash)===j.bitcoin.block_hash,
  proof_of_work_valid:powOk
};

}

/* ================= Build ================= */

function build(stdin){

const stdinHash=dsha256(Buffer.concat([Buffer.from("STDIN|PQ|"),stdin]));
const seed=stdinHash;

const height=4;
const leafCount=1<<height;
const leafIndex=stdinHash[0]%leafCount;

const leaves=[];
for(let i=0;i<leafCount;i++) leaves.push(wotsPublicKeyHash(seed,i));

const pqRoot=merkleRoot(leaves);
const auth=merkleAuthPath(leaves,leafIndex);
const authBuf=Buffer.concat(auth);

const pqMsg=sha256(Buffer.concat([
  Buffer.from("PQGEN|"),
  stdinHash,
  Buffer.from("|"),
  pqRoot
]));

const signed=wotsSign(seed,leafIndex,pqMsg);
const leafPk=leaves[leafIndex];

const sigBlob=Buffer.concat([
  Buffer.from("PQSW"),
  u32be(leafIndex),
  leafPk,
  signed.digest,
  signed.sig,
  authBuf
]);

const pqSigHash=dsha256(sigBlob);

const ecdsa=makeEcdsa();
const ecdsaMsg=ecdsaMessage(stdinHash,pqRoot,pqSigHash);
const ecdsaSig=signEcdsa(ecdsa.privateKey,ecdsaMsg);

const ecdsaPubHash=dsha256(Buffer.concat([
  Buffer.from("ECDSA-PUB|PQH2|"),
  ecdsa.pubDer
]));

const ecdsaSigHash=dsha256(ecdsaSig);
const hybrid=hybridHash(pqRoot,pqSigHash,ecdsaPubHash,ecdsaSigHash);
const opret=scriptOpReturnHybrid(hybrid);

const p2pkhHash=sha256(Buffer.concat([Buffer.from("P2PKH|"),stdin])).subarray(0,20);
const p2pkh=scriptP2PKH(p2pkhHash);

const bits=0x1d00ffff;
const time=(Math.floor(Date.now()/1000))>>>0;
const reward=5000000000n;

const tx=buildCoinbaseTx({
  bits,
  msg:`PQ-HYBRID|${new Date(time*1000).toISOString()}`,
  opret,
  reward,
  p2pkh
});

const mined=mineHeader({merkle:tx.txidInternal,time,bits});
const block=Buffer.concat([mined.header,Buffer.from([1]),tx.tx]);

return {
  schema:"pq_genesis_block_stdin/hybrid-wots-ecdsa-v1",
  stdin:{
    bytes:stdin.length,
    dsha256_hex:hex(stdinHash)
  },
  pq:{
    scheme:"wots-sha256-merkle",
    params:{n:32,w:16,len:67,len1:64,len2:3,height},
    leaf_index:leafIndex,
    pq_root_hex:hex(pqRoot),
    message_sha256_hex:hex(pqMsg),
    wots_digest_hex:hex(signed.digest),
    signature_len_bytes:sigBlob.length,
    signature_compressed_b64u:b64u(sigBlob),
    sig_hash_dsha256_hex:hex(pqSigHash),
    auth_path_hex:auth.map(hex)
  },
  hybrid:{
    scheme:"ecdsa-secp256k1+wots-sha256-merkle",
    op_return_version:"PQH2",
    ecdsa_pubkey_spki_der_b64u:b64u(ecdsa.pubDer),
    ecdsa_pubkey_hash_dsha256_hex:hex(ecdsaPubHash),
    ecdsa_signature_der_b64u:b64u(ecdsaSig),
    ecdsa_signature_hash_dsha256_hex:hex(ecdsaSigHash),
    hybrid_hash_dsha256_hex:hex(hybrid)
  },
  bitcoin:{
    bits_hex:bits.toString(16),
    time_unix:time,
    op_return_scriptpubkey_hex:hex(opret),
    coinbase_tx_hex:hex(tx.tx),
    coinbase_txid:hex(tx.txidDisplay),
    merkle_root_display:hex(tx.txidDisplay),
    header_hex:hex(mined.header),
    block_hash:hex(mined.display),
    nonce:mined.nonce,
    full_block_hex:hex(block),
    full_block_bytes:block.length
  }
};

}

/* ================= Main ================= */

(async()=>{

const input=await readStdin();
if(input.length===0) throw new Error("No STDIN");

let json=null;
try{ json=JSON.parse(input.toString()); }catch{}

if(json && json.schema){
  console.log(JSON.stringify(verifyRecord(json),null,2));
}else{
  console.log(JSON.stringify(build(input),null,2));
}

})();

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