Efficient Verifiable Delay Functions (extended version)
WESOLOWSKI, Benjamin
Lithe and fast algorithmic number theory [LFANT]
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique [CNRS]
Lithe and fast algorithmic number theory [LFANT]
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique [CNRS]
WESOLOWSKI, Benjamin
Lithe and fast algorithmic number theory [LFANT]
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique [CNRS]
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Lithe and fast algorithmic number theory [LFANT]
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique [CNRS]
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en
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Journal of Cryptology. 2020-09-09
Springer Verlag
Résumé en anglais
We construct a verifiable delay function (VDF). A VDF is a function whose evaluation requires running a given number of sequential steps, yet the result can be efficiently verified. They have applications in decentralised ...Lire la suite >
We construct a verifiable delay function (VDF). A VDF is a function whose evaluation requires running a given number of sequential steps, yet the result can be efficiently verified. They have applications in decentralised systems, such as the generation of trustworthy public randomness in a trustless environment, or resource-efficient blockchains. To construct our VDF, we actually build a trapdoor VDF. A trapdoor VDF is essentially a VDF which can be evaluated efficiently by parties who know a secret (the trapdoor). By setting up this scheme in a way that the trapdoor is unknown (not even by the party running the setup, so that there is no need for a trusted setup environment), we obtain a simple VDF. Our construction is based on groups of unknown order such as an RSA group, or the class group of an imaginary quadratic field. The output of our construction is very short (the result and the proof of correctness are each a single element of the group), and the verification of correctness is very efficient.< Réduire
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Algebraic Methods for Stronger Crypto
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