[Resource Topic] 2024/1406: Blind Multisignatures for Anonymous Tokens with Decentralized Issuance

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Title:
Blind Multisignatures for Anonymous Tokens with Decentralized Issuance

Authors: Ioanna Karantaidou, Omar Renawi, Foteini Baldimtsi, Nikolaos Kamarinakis, Jonathan Katz, Julian Loss

Abstract:

We propose the first constructions of anonymous tokens with decentralized issuance. Namely, we consider a dynamic set of signers/issuers; a user can obtain a token from any subset of the signers, which is publicly verifiable and unlinkable to the issuance process. To realize this new primitive we formalize the notion of Blind Multi-Signatures (BMS), which allow a user to interact with multiple signers to obtain a (compact) signature; even if all the signers collude they are unable to link a signature to an interaction with any of them.

We then present two BMS constructions, one based on BLS signatures and a second based on discrete logarithms without pairings. We prove security of both our constructions in the Algebraic Group Model.

We also provide a proof-of-concept implementation and show that it has low-cost verification, which is the most critical operation in blockchain applications.

ePrint: https://eprint.iacr.org/2024/1406

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