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Funder: Future-Proof Unbiased Decentralized Randomness


Abstract:

A trustworthy source of randomness is a crucial component of many decentralized and crypto-based application systems, especially blockchain consensus. A decentralized ran...Show More

Abstract:

A trustworthy source of randomness is a crucial component of many decentralized and crypto-based application systems, especially blockchain consensus. A decentralized random beacon (DRB) periodically outputs a new source of randomness generated using a distributed technique, such as publicly verifiable secret sharing (PVSS) or distributed verifiable random functions (VRFs). These protocols offer a variety of efficiency versus randomness quality tradeoffs, but guarantee security under a variety of configurations, assumptions, and adversarial models. This article aims to provide a future-proof unbiased decentralized randomness (abbreviated as Funder) via a post-quantum threshold VRF for sustainable proof-of-stake blockchain. We also provide a generic compiler for achieving post-quantum VRF from a classical VRF solution, but our approach makes use of symmetric-key primitives Our novel compiler is validated and evaluated using the ZKBoo and ZKB++ quantum-secure zero-knowledge systems, respectively. The implementation of the proof-of-concept demonstrates that the overheads introduced by our solution are acceptable for real-world deployments even in the present day. In addition, we demonstrate the protocol’s possible application in lottery-based proof-of-stake consensus protocols.
Published in: IEEE Internet of Things Journal ( Volume: 11, Issue: 6, 15 March 2024)
Page(s): 10352 - 10367
Date of Publication: 26 October 2023

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