Commit/Reveal strategies in cryptography explained
BlockchainGandalf
English - May 27, 2022 14:30 - 4 minutes - 3.71 MBTechnology Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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A common technique used to overcome front-running and other malicious subversions of systems is the commit-reveal sequence.
In this episode, I explain how this works through the use of an analogy with the game "rock, paper, scissors", and then talk a bit about how it is used in the Ethereum Beacon chain and in front-running prevention systems.