Commit/Reveal strategies in cryptography explained

27/05/2022 4 min Temporada 1 Episodio 95

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Episode Synopsis

A common technique used to overcome front-running and other malicious subversions of systems is the commit-reveal sequence.
In this episode, I explain how this works through the use of an analogy with the game "rock, paper, scissors", and then talk a bit about how it is used in the Ethereum Beacon chain and in front-running prevention systems.