October 1, 2015
Author(s)
J. Aspnes, Z. Diamadi, A. Yampolskiy, K. Gjosteen, Rene Peralta
We introduce a new cryptographic primitive called a blind coupon mechanism (BCM). In effect, a BCM is an authenticated bit commitment scheme, which is AND-homomorphic. We show that a BCM has natural and important applications. In particular, we use it to