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The "Confidential Transactions" scheme for cryptocurrencies uses homomorphic encryption. The idea is that you can prove that the encrypted input and output amo
by srgseg 8y ago
The "Confidential Transactions" scheme for cryptocurrencies uses homomorphic encryption.
The idea is that you can prove that the encrypted input and output amounts in a transaction balance to zero, without having to actually reveal what any of those amounts are.
See https://people.xiph.org/~greg/confidential_values.txt https://people.xiph.org/~greg/confidential_values.txt
- tuxxy 8y agoCTs don't use homomorphic encryption. They use "additively homomorphic commitments" which are, essentially, cryptographic proofs.