Trustworthy public randomness with sloth, unicorn, and trx
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Trustworthy public randomness with sloth, unicorn, and trx
zbMATH Open document ID: 1428.94083
DOI: 10.1504/IJACT.2017.089354
author: Arjen K. Lenstra
author: Benjamin Wesolowski
published in: International Journal of Applied Cryptography
publication date: 2018-11-26T00:00:00Z
review text: Summary: Many applications require trustworthy generation of public random numbers. It is shown how this can be achieved using a hash function that is timed to be as slow as desired (\texttt{sloth}), while the correctness of the resulting hash can be verified quickly. It is shown how \texttt{sloth} can be used for uncontestable random number generation (\texttt{unicorn}), and how \texttt{unicorn} can be used for a new trustworthy random elliptic curves service (\texttt{trx}) and random-sample voting.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 94A60
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 68P25
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 65C10
zbMATH DE Number: 6984954
zbMATH Keywords: public random number generation
zbMATH Keywords: random beacon
zbMATH Keywords: slow-timed hash
MaRDI profile type: Publication
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 6984954