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Efficient Zero-Knowledge Arguments for Arithmetic Circuits in the Discrete Log Setting

The paper compresses an inner-product argument so a circuit proof can be logarithmic without a trusted setup, in the discrete-log model.

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Authors
Jonathan Bootle, Andrea Cerulli, Pyrros Chaidos, Jens Groth and Christophe Petit
Date
2016
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Jonathan Bootle, Andrea Cerulli, Pyrros Chaidos, Jens Groth and Christophe Petit
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BLC-STUDY-0118
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The paper compresses an inner-product argument so a circuit proof can be logarithmic without a trusted setup, in the discrete-log model.

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Bootle, J., Cerulli, A., Chaidos, P., Groth, J., & Petit, C. (2016). Efficient Zero-Knowledge Arguments for Arithmetic Circuits in the Discrete Log Setting. Jonathan Bootle, Andrea Cerulli, Pyrros Chaidos, Jens Groth and Christophe Petit. https://eprint.iacr.org/2016/263

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@techreport{bootleipa2016,
  title = {Efficient Zero-Knowledge Arguments for Arithmetic Circuits in the Discrete Log Setting},
  author = {Jonathan Bootle, Andrea Cerulli, Pyrros Chaidos, Jens Groth and Christophe Petit},
  year = {2016},
  institution = {Jonathan Bootle, Andrea Cerulli, Pyrros Chaidos, Jens Groth and Christophe Petit},
  url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2016/263},
  note = {Rights status: Official external source only. Blockchain Lab record: https://blockchainlab.com/research/corpus/papers/bootle-ipa}
}

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AU  - Jens Groth
AU  - Christophe Petit
PY  - 2016
PB  - Jonathan Bootle, Andrea Cerulli, Pyrros Chaidos, Jens Groth and Christophe Petit
UR  - https://eprint.iacr.org/2016/263
N1  - Rights status: Official external source only
ER  -

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