[HN Gopher] Time-Lock Puzzles in the Random Oracle Model (2011)
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       Time-Lock Puzzles in the Random Oracle Model (2011)
        
       Author : BasedAnon
       Score  : 22 points
       Date   : 2023-06-18 14:31 UTC (8 hours ago)
        
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       | wuiheerfoj wrote:
       | Pretty cool though the Rivest one got broken a few years ago
       | (ahead of time and quickly on new hardware!)
        
         | BasedAnon wrote:
         | I think the impact of advancements in computing could be
         | mitigated by giving certain guarantees about the best-case and
         | worst-case scenarios for computing advancements. For example,
         | rather than saying "this will take 35 years to crack" you could
         | say "this will decrypt in 20-45 years, depending on how much
         | computing efficiency improves".
        
       | lazzlazzlazz wrote:
       | Here's a recent, modern application of time-lock puzzles to a
       | private voting scheme. Developed by a16z crypto:
       | 
       | https://a16zcrypto.com/posts/article/building-cicada-private...
        
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