FlexiRand: Output Private (Distributed) VRFs and Application to Blockchains

ePrint Report: FlexiRand: Output Private (Distributed) VRFs and Application to Blockchains

Aniket Kate, Easwar Vivek Mangipudi, Siva Mardana, Pratyay Mukherjee

Web3 applications based on blockchains regularly need access to randomness that is unbiased, unpredictable, and publicly verifiable. For Web3 gaming applications, this becomes a crucial selling point to attract more users by providing credibility to the "random reward" distribution feature. A verifiable random function (VRF) protocol satisfies these requirements naturally, and there is a tremendous rise in the use of …

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