A Lyra2 FPGA Core for Lyra2REv2-Based Cryptocurrencies

16 Jul 2018  ·  Michiel Van Beirendonck, Louis-Charles Trudeau, Pascal Giard, Alexios Balatsoukas-Stimming ·

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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Cryptography and Security Hardware Architecture Signal Processing

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