feat: Increase maximum bit length for BigNum conversion to uint

The code changes in the `BigNum.sol` contract increase the maximum bit length allowed for converting a `BigNumber` to a `uint`. The previous limit of 256 bits has been updated to 512 bits. This change ensures that larger `BigNumbers` can be safely converted to `uint` without triggering an error.

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contracts/BigNum.sol

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ library BigNum {
 
      // convert BigNum to uint
     function toUint(BigNumber memory a) internal pure returns(uint) {
-        require(a.bitlen <= 256);
+        require(a.bitlen <= 512);
         uint result;
         assembly {
             result := mload(add(a, 0x20))

contracts/examples/DiscreteERC20.sol

@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ contract DiscreteERC20 {
         string memory _name,
         string memory _symbol,
         uint8 _decimals,
+        Ciphertext memory _initialSupply,
         address _paillier,
         PublicKey memory _publicKey
     ) {
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ contract DiscreteERC20 {
         decimals = _decimals;
         paillier = Paillier(_paillier);
         publicKey = _publicKey;
-        totalSupply = _zero();
+        totalSupply = _initialSupply;
     }
 
     /// @notice Emits an event to request the balance of the sender
@@ -148,13 +149,6 @@ contract DiscreteERC20 {
         _burn(from, amount);
     }
 
-    /// @dev Internal function to generate an encrypted zero value using randomness
-    /// @return A Ciphertext structure representing an encrypted value of zero
-    function _zero() public view returns (Ciphertext memory) {
-        bytes memory rnd = abi.encodePacked(block.timestamp, blockhash(block.number - 1));
-        return Ciphertext(paillier.encryptZero(rnd, publicKey).val);
-    }
-
     /// @dev Internal function to add two encrypted values
     /// @param a The first encrypted value
     /// @param b The second encrypted value

test/examples/DiscreteERC20.ts

@@ -29,15 +29,20 @@ describe('DiscreteERC20', function () {
     const [admin] = await ethers.getSigners();
 
     const Paillier = await ethers.deployContract('Paillier');
-    let add: string = await Paillier.getAddress();
+    let addr: string = await Paillier.getAddress();
 
     const { publicKey, privateKey } = await paillierBigint.generateRandomKeys(256);
     // Public key
     const pubKey: PublicKey = {
       n: ethers.toBeHex(publicKey.n),
       g: ethers.toBeHex(publicKey.g),
     };
-    const DiscreteERC20 = await ethers.deployContract('DiscreteERC20', ['DiscreteERC20', 'D20', 18, add, pubKey]);
+    // encrypt starting balance
+    const starting_balance: Ciphertext = {
+      value: ethers.toBeHex(publicKey.encrypt(BigInt(0))),
+    };
+
+    const DiscreteERC20 = await ethers.deployContract('DiscreteERC20', ['DiscreteERC20', 'D20', 18, starting_balance, addr, pubKey]);
     return { DiscreteERC20, publicKey, privateKey };
   }
 

test/util.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import * as bcu from 'bigint-crypto-utils';
+
+export function getRandom(n: bigint): bigint {
+    let r: bigint = BigInt(0);
+    do {
+        r = bcu.randBetween(n);
+    } while (bcu.gcd(r, n) !== 1n);
+    return r;
+}