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[Coconut]: Replace ElGamal with Pedersen commitments #901

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aniampio opened this issue Nov 16, 2021 · 0 comments · Fixed by #1048
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[Coconut]: Replace ElGamal with Pedersen commitments #901

aniampio opened this issue Nov 16, 2021 · 0 comments · Fixed by #1048
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aniampio commented Nov 16, 2021 •
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Coconut scheme uses ElGamal to hide the private attributes. While working on the security analysis, Alfredo suggested a great idea to swap ElGamal to Pedersen commitments, which makes the protocol more efficient.
@aniampio aniampio created this issue from a note in Core systems (Cold Storage) Nov 16, 2021
@aniampio aniampio added the coconut Issues related to Coconut credentials label Nov 16, 2021
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@jstuczyn jstuczyn moved this from Cold Storage to Code Review in Core systems Jan 24, 2022
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