Signature Validation for Predeploy Contracts

ERC 6492, Signature Validation for Predeploy Contracts. Contracts can sign verifiable messages via ERC-1271.

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Authors: Ivo Georgiev , Agustin Aguilar
Date: 2023
Publisher: Ivo Georgiev , Agustin Aguilar
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Document ID: BLC-STUDY-0462
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ERC 6492, Signature Validation for Predeploy Contracts. Contracts can sign verifiable messages via ERC-1271.

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Georgiev, I., & Aguilar, A. (2023). Signature Validation for Predeploy Contracts. Ivo Georgiev , Agustin Aguilar. https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-6492

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@techreport{erc64922023,
  title = {Signature Validation for Predeploy Contracts},
  author = {Ivo Georgiev , Agustin Aguilar},
  year = {2023},
  institution = {Ivo Georgiev , Agustin Aguilar},
  url = {https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-6492},
  note = {Rights status: Official external source only. Blockchain Lab record: https://blockchainlab.com/research/corpus/papers/erc-6492}
}

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