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(Static version of) Shamir's Secret-Sharing Scheme

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sssss

Static (version of) Shamir's Secret Sharing Scheme

PyPI version and link.

Package Installation and Usage

The package is available on PyPI:

python -m pip install sssss

The library can be imported in the usual ways:

import sssss
from sssss import sssss

from sssss import share, reconstruct

secret = b'Correct. Horse. Battery. Staple.'
shares = share(secret, minimum=3, shares=6)

print('Secret:', secret)
print('Shares:')
if shares:
    for share in shares:
        print('', '', share)

print('Secret recovered from minimum subset of shares:',
      reconstruct(shares[:3]))
print('Secret recovered from a different subset of shares:',
      reconstruct([shares[1], shares[3], shares[5]]))

Versioning

Beginning with version 0.2.0, the version number format for this library and the changes to the library associated with version number increments conform with Semantic Versioning 2.0.0.