SoK: Distributed Randomness Beacons

ePrint Report: SoK: Distributed Randomness Beacons

Kevin Choi, Aathira Manoj, Joseph Bonneau

Motivated and inspired by the emergence of blockchains, many new protocols have recently been proposed for generating publicly verifiable randomness in a distributed yet secure fashion. These protocols work under different setups and assumptions, use various cryptographic tools, and entail unique trade-offs and characteristics. In this paper, we systematize the design of distributed randomness beacons (DRBs) as well as the cryptographic building blocks they rely on. We evaluate …

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