PADRE: Privacy-Aware Decentralized Randomness
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Source: IEEE Xplore (Security & AI Journals)March 10, 2026
Summary
A Decentralized Randomness Beacon (DRB, a cryptographic tool that generates unpredictable, publicly verifiable randomness for distributed systems) is used in blockchain and distributed networks, but existing protocols like GRandLine and RandFlash expose participants' identities during leader election, risking privacy leaks. The paper proposes PADRE, a new privacy-aware DRB protocol that hides participant identities while maintaining security and efficiency, using a new cryptographic primitive called anonymous threshold verifiable random functions (ATVRF).
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Attack SophisticationModerate
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Original source: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11429064
First tracked: May 14, 2026 at 08:01 PM
Classified by LLM (prompt v3) · confidence: 95%