go-ethereum/crypto/modexp/bigint/bigint.go
Kevaundray Wedderburn e131482fe2 Add new modexp package
2025-07-11 00:07:58 +01:00

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// Copyright 2024 The go-ethereum Authors
// This file is part of the go-ethereum library.
//
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package bigint
import (
"math/big"
)
// ModExp performs modular exponentiation using Go's big.Int
// result = base^exp mod mod
func ModExp(base, exp, mod []byte) ([]byte, error) {
baseBig := new(big.Int).SetBytes(base)
expBig := new(big.Int).SetBytes(exp)
modBig := new(big.Int).SetBytes(mod)
// Handle special cases
if modBig.BitLen() == 0 {
// Modulo 0 is undefined, return empty bytes
return []byte{}, nil
}
if baseBig.BitLen() == 1 {
// If base == 1, then we can just return base % mod
result := baseBig.Mod(baseBig, modBig)
return result.Bytes(), nil
}
// Perform modular exponentiation
result := new(big.Int).Exp(baseBig, expBig, modBig)
return result.Bytes(), nil
}