wire/wire.go — pulsar's wire-format hardening boundary. Untrusted lattice Vector[Poly] frames now flow through luxfi/math/codec.Reader so the bounded-decode contract is centralized: no recursion, no hidden growth, no unbounded allocation. Replaces the test-only validateVectorPolyFrameInline walker that lived at threshold/fuzz_round_test.go with a production-grade equivalent on the canonical luxfi/math/codec substrate. Tests: * TestValidateVectorPolyFrame_RejectsHugeLength — regression for lattice issue #4 (70-trillion-element attack input). Same input the original fuzz finding produced, now rejected with codec.ErrLimitExceeded via the shared math substrate. * TestValidateVectorPolyFrame_HappyPath — 3-element accept. * TestValidateVectorPolyFrame_AtCap — exactly MaxLatticeUintSliceLen accepted. * TestValidateVectorPolyFrame_OverCap — MaxLatticeUintSliceLen+1 rejected. go.mod bumps luxfi/math v1.2.4 -> v1.3.0 (the LP-107 substrate release with codec/ + params/ + backend/ + modarith/ + ntt/ + poly/ + rns/ + sample/). This is the first downstream consumer of the math substrate. Lens, FHE, and lattice consumers follow.
Pulsar
Lux is not merely adding post-quantum signatures to a chain; it defines a hybrid finality architecture for DAG-native consensus, with protocol-agnostic threshold lifecycle, post-quantum threshold sealing, and cross-chain propagation of Horizon finality.
See LP-105 §Claims and evidence for the canonical claims/evidence table and the ten architectural commitments — single source of truth.
Pulsar is the Lux-evolved post-quantum threshold signature stack for Quasar consensus, derived from daryakaviani/corona (academic 2-round threshold signature from LWE) with the protocol additions needed to operate on a leaderless open public chain.
Why "Pulsar"
Lux (Latin) → light. Pulsar → SI unit of luminous flux. Each validator emits a "pulsar" of signature toward consensus; aggregated, they form the chain's overall light. Brand-paired with Quasar (the consensus that consumes them).
Relationship to upstream Corona
The upstream repo at daryakaviani/corona is an academic proof-of-concept ("not ready for production use" per its README). Pulsar is the production track:
| Layer | Upstream Corona | Pulsar |
|---|---|---|
| 2-round threshold sign | ✅ same byte-equal protocol | ✅ inherited |
| Trusted-dealer Gen | ✅ for fixed federation | ✅ retained for bridge MPC |
| Proactive resharing for epoch validator rotation | ❌ not specified | 🚧 pulsar/reshare/ (this fork) |
| Pedersen DKG over R_q with proper hiding | ❌ not specified | 🚧 pulsar/dkg2/ (this fork) |
| Per-validator triple-sign integration with Quasar | ❌ N/A | 🚧 pulsar/consensus/ integration |
Layout
sign/— 2-round threshold signing (byte-equal with upstream)primitives/— Shamir, hashes, MACs, PRFs (byte-equal with upstream)utils/— NTT, Montgomery, ring helpers (byte-equal with upstream)networking/— TCP peer-to-peer (byte-equal with upstream)dkg/— original Lux DKG (Feldman VSS without noise; broken for public broadcast — see RED-DKG-REVIEW). Retained for reference.dkg2/— proper Pedersen DKG over R_q (Pulsar addition; this fork)reshare/— proactive secret resharing for epoch rotation (Pulsar addition; this fork)cmd/— KAT oracle generators
Status
WIP. The 2-round Sign+Verify path is byte-equal-validated against the academic Corona spec via 16 SHA-256 KATs. The Pulsar-specific additions (resharing + Pedersen DKG) are under design and implementation.