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+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Net.Http;
+using System.Security.Cryptography;
+using NBitcoin.DataEncoders;
+
+namespace LNURL
+{
+    public class BoltCardHelper
+    {
+        private const int AES_BLOCK_SIZE = 16;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Extracts BoltCard information from a given request URI.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="requestUri">The URI containing BoltCard data.</param>
+        /// <param name="aesKey">The AES key for decryption.</param>
+        /// <param name="error">Outputs an error string if extraction fails.</param>
+        /// <returns>A tuple containing the UID and counter if successful; null otherwise.</returns>
+        public static (string uid, uint counter)? ExtractBoltCardFromRequest(Uri requestUri, byte[] aesKey,
+            out string error)
+        {
+            var query = requestUri.ParseQueryString();
+
+            var pParam = query.Get("p");
+            if (pParam is null)
+            {
+                error = "p parameter is missing";
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            var cParam = query.Get("c");
+
+            if (cParam is null)
+            {
+                error = "c parameter is missing";
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            if (!HexEncoder.IsWellFormed(pParam))
+            {
+                error = "p parameter is not hex";
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            if (!HexEncoder.IsWellFormed(cParam))
+            {
+                error = "c parameter is not hex";
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            var pRaw = Convert.FromHexString(pParam);
+            var cRaw = Convert.FromHexString(cParam);
+            if (pRaw.Length != 16)
+            {
+                error = "p parameter length not valid";
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            if (cRaw.Length != 8)
+            {
+                error = "c parameter length not valid";
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            using var aes = Aes.Create();
+            aes.Key = aesKey;
+            aes.IV = new byte[16]; // assuming IV is zeros. Adjust if needed.
+            aes.Mode = CipherMode.CBC;
+            aes.Padding = PaddingMode.PKCS7;
+
+            var decryptor = aes.CreateDecryptor(aes.Key, aes.IV);
+
+            using var memoryStream = new System.IO.MemoryStream(pRaw);
+            using var cryptoStream = new CryptoStream(memoryStream, decryptor, CryptoStreamMode.Read);
+            using var reader = new System.IO.BinaryReader(cryptoStream);
+            var decryptedPData = reader.ReadBytes(pRaw.Length);
+            if (decryptedPData[0] != 0xC7)
+            {
+                error = "decrypted data not starting with 0xC7";
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            var uid = decryptedPData[1..8];
+            var ctr = decryptedPData[8..11];
+
+            var c = (uint) (ctr[2] << 16 | ctr[1] << 8 | ctr[0]);
+            var uidStr = BitConverter.ToString(uid).Replace("-", "").ToLower();
+            error = null;
+            return (uidStr, c);
+        }
+
+        private static byte[] AesEncrypt(byte[] key, byte[] iv, byte[] data)
+        {
+            using MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream();
+            using var aes = Aes.Create();
+
+            aes.Mode = CipherMode.CBC;
+            aes.Padding = PaddingMode.None;
+
+            using var cs = new CryptoStream(ms, aes.CreateEncryptor(key, iv), CryptoStreamMode.Write);
+            cs.Write(data, 0, data.Length);
+            cs.FlushFinalBlock();
+
+            return ms.ToArray();
+        }
+
+        private static byte[] RotateLeft(byte[] b)
+        {
+            byte[] r = new byte[b.Length];
+            byte carry = 0;
+
+            for (int i = b.Length - 1; i >= 0; i--)
+            {
+                ushort u = (ushort) (b[i] << 1);
+                r[i] = (byte) ((u & 0xff) + carry);
+                carry = (byte) ((u & 0xff00) >> 8);
+            }
+
+            return r;
+        }
+
+        private static byte[] AesCmac(byte[] key, byte[] data)
+        {
+            // SubKey generation
+            // step 1, AES-128 with key K is applied to an all-zero input block.
+            byte[] L = AesEncrypt(key, new byte[16], new byte[16]);
+
+            // step 2, K1 is derived through the following operation:
+            byte[]
+                FirstSubkey =
+                    RotateLeft(L); //If the most significant bit of L is equal to 0, K1 is the left-shift of L by 1 bit.
+            if ((L[0] & 0x80) == 0x80)
+                FirstSubkey[15] ^=
+                    0x87; // Otherwise, K1 is the exclusive-OR of const_Rb and the left-shift of L by 1 bit.
+
+            // step 3, K2 is derived through the following operation:
+            byte[]
+                SecondSubkey =
+                    RotateLeft(FirstSubkey); // If the most significant bit of K1 is equal to 0, K2 is the left-shift of K1 by 1 bit.
+            if ((FirstSubkey[0] & 0x80) == 0x80)
+                SecondSubkey[15] ^=
+                    0x87; // Otherwise, K2 is the exclusive-OR of const_Rb and the left-shift of K1 by 1 bit.
+
+            // MAC computing
+            if (((data.Length != 0) && (data.Length % 16 == 0)) == true)
+            {
+                // If the size of the input message block is equal to a positive multiple of the block size (namely, 128 bits),
+                // the last block shall be exclusive-OR'ed with K1 before processing
+                for (int j = 0; j < FirstSubkey.Length; j++)
+                    data[data.Length - 16 + j] ^= FirstSubkey[j];
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                // Otherwise, the last block shall be padded with 10^i
+                byte[] padding = new byte[16 - data.Length % 16];
+                padding[0] = 0x80;
+
+                data = data.Concat(padding.AsEnumerable()).ToArray();
+
+                // and exclusive-OR'ed with K2
+                for (int j = 0; j < SecondSubkey.Length; j++)
+                    data[data.Length - 16 + j] ^= SecondSubkey[j];
+            }
+
+            // The result of the previous process will be the input of the last encryption.
+            byte[] encResult = AesEncrypt(key, new byte[16], data);
+
+            byte[] HashValue = new byte[16];
+            Array.Copy(encResult, encResult.Length - HashValue.Length, HashValue, 0, HashValue.Length);
+
+            return HashValue;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Verifies the CMAC for given UID, counter, key, and CMAC data.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="uid">The user ID.</param>
+        /// <param name="ctr">The counter data.</param>
+        /// <param name="k2CmacKey">The CMAC key.</param>
+        /// <param name="cmac">The CMAC data to verify against.</param>
+        /// <param name="error">Outputs an error string if verification fails.</param>
+        /// <returns>True if CMAC verification is successful, otherwise false.</returns>
+        public static bool CheckCmac(byte[] uid, byte[] ctr, byte[] k2CmacKey, byte[] cmac, out string error)
+        {
+            if (uid.Length != 7 || ctr.Length != 3 || k2CmacKey.Length != AES_BLOCK_SIZE)
+            {
+                error = "Invalid input lengths.";
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            byte[] sv2 = new byte[AES_BLOCK_SIZE]
+            {
+                0x3c, 0xc3, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x80,
+                uid[0], uid[1], uid[2], uid[3], uid[4], uid[5], uid[6],
+                ctr[0], ctr[1], ctr[2]
+            };
+
+            try
+            {
+                byte[] computedCmac = AesCmac(k2CmacKey, sv2);
+
+                if (computedCmac.Length != cmac.Length)
+                {
+                    error = "Computed CMAC length mismatch.";
+                    return false;
+                }
+
+                for (int i = 0; i < computedCmac.Length; i++)
+                {
+                    if (computedCmac[i] != cmac[i])
+                    {
+                        error = "CMAC verification failed.";
+                        return false;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                error = null;
+                return true;
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                error = ex.Message;
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
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