An anonymous Proof-of-Stake selection function should have all the properties of a regular PoS selection (e.g., privately evaluated, publicly verifiable, fair), but additionally it should guarantee that the proof of selection hides the identity of the winner.
In this paper, we present a modular approach for addressing the identity leaks of selection functions, decoupling the problem of implementing an anonymous ...
A team of anonymous mobile agents represented by points freely moving in the plane have to gather at a single point and stop. Agents start at different points ...
The key observation is that in the PoS setting, participation of a party in the protocol is related to the amount of stake the party owns.
... Proof of stake, Consensus, Privacy Abstract: In Proof-of-Stake (PoS) protocol, parties who are eligible to participate to the protocol are selected via a ...
Anonymous Lottery in the Proof-of-Stake Setting. Foteini Baldimtsi, Varun Madathil, Alessandra Scafuro, Linfeng Zhou. Computer Security Foundations ...
May 6, 2024 · Bitcoin's proof-of-work lottery acts as a decentralized random mechanism implementing the truthful, incentive-compatible equilibrium solution ...
[6] investigates the anonymous lottery in the PoS setting. [28] designs a block producing algorithm based on PoS named Proof-of-Lottery to achieve high ...
Jul 12, 2023 · So while proof of work relies on competition, proof of stake operates more like a lottery system. ... anonymous. They do not store personal ...
Bitcoin's implementation of SHA-256 is often described as a lottery, with Mining Nodes competing to find the winning number. Their work is rewarded with new ...