frost-zcash-demo/server/README.md

FROST Server

This is a HTTP server that allow clients (Coordinator and Participants) to run FROST without needing to directly connect to one another.

Status ⚠

This is a prototype which is NOT SECURE since messages are not encrypted nor authenticated. DO NOT USE this for anything other than testing.

Usage

NOTE: This is for demo purposes only and should not be used in production.

You will need to have Rust and Cargo installed.

To run:

1. Clone the repo. Run git clone https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/frost-zcash-demo.git
2. Run cargo install
3. Run cargo run --bin server

You can specify the IP and port to bind to using --ip and --port, e.g. cargo run --bin server -- --ip 127.0.0.1 --port 2744.

TODO

• Add specific error codes
• Remove frost-specific types (when data is encrypted)
• Session timeouts
• Encryption/authentication
• DoS protections and other production-ready requirements