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Use hash-to-curve to generate the Pedersen generator #35

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PopcornPaws opened this issue Jul 7, 2022 · 0 comments
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Use hash-to-curve to generate the Pedersen generator #35

PopcornPaws opened this issue Jul 7, 2022 · 0 comments
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In a Pedersen commitment scheme $C(x) = xG + rH$ the two generator points must have an unknown discrete logarithm connection. Generating $H$ via a random key might not be secure enough, so we should use some hash-to-curve mechanism. For example hash_to_curve(G.as_bytes()).
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