Improving the Efficiency of Report and Trace Ring Signatures

ePrint Report: Improving the Efficiency of Report and Trace Ring Signatures

Xavier Bultel, Ashley Fraser, Elizabeth A. Quaglia

Ring signatures allow signers to produce verifiable signatures and remain anonymous within a set of signers (i.e., the ring) while doing so. They are well-suited to protocols that target anonymity as a primary goal, for example, anonymous cryptocurrencies. However, standard ring signatures do not ensure that signers are held accountable if they act maliciously. Fraser and Quaglia (CANS'21) introduced a ring signature …

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