A Lyra2 FPGA Core for Lyra2REv2-Based Cryptocurrencies
Cryptography and Security
2019-07-09 v2 Hardware Architecture
Signal Processing
Abstract
Lyra2REv2 is a hashing algorithm that consists of a chain of individual hashing algorithms and it is used as a proof-of-work function in several cryptocurrencies that aim to be ASIC-resistant. The most crucial hashing algorithm in the Lyra2REv2 chain is a specific instance of the general Lyra2 algorithm. In this work we present the first FPGA implementation of the aforementioned instance of Lyra2 and we explain how several properties of the algorithm can be exploited in order to optimize the design.
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@article{arxiv.1807.05764,
title = {A Lyra2 FPGA Core for Lyra2REv2-Based Cryptocurrencies},
author = {Michiel Van Beirendonck and Louis-Charles Trudeau and Pascal Giard and Alexios Balatsoukas-Stimming},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1807.05764},
year = {2019}
}
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5 pages, to be presented at the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS) 2019