keyring->pair->vrfVerify: possibly the wrong public key is used if the pair type is sr25519

[farwayer]

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• What is the current behavior and expected behavior?

Vrf signature should be checked agains remote public key (passed as signerPublic parameter). But if the pair type is sr25519 then the current pair publicKey is possibly misused for validation.

common/packages/keyring/src/pair/index.ts

Line 211 in 6971012

if (type === 'sr25519') {

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[farwayer]

Since the verification uses a remote public key, it makes sense to make vrfVerify a utility-function rather than making it a pair method.