DuckyZip: Provably Honest URL Shortening Using Smart Contracts and Verifiable Random Functions

ePrint Report: DuckyZip: Provably Honest URL Shortening Using Smart Contracts and Verifiable Random Functions

Nadim Kobeissi

URL shorteners are a common online service that allows the shortening of a long URL (often a Google Maps URL or similar) into a much shorter one, to use for example on social media or in QR codes. However, URL shorteners are free to behave dishonestly: they can, for instance, map a short URL into a long URL honestly for one party, while redirecting …

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