Thoughts on the Fiat-Shamir Transform

Topics covered in this episode:

• 1:30 What the Fiat-Shamir transform is.

• 6:50 What you need to include in the hash function.

• 11:35 Rewindable soundness for multi-round protocols.

• 15:36 What to hash over multiple rounds?

• 19:25 Merlin & Magikitten

  • https://merlin.cool

  • https://github.com/cronokirby/magikitten

• 31:18 A note on sponge functions.

• 34:06 Some thoughts on SAFE

  • (SAFE) https://hackmd.io/bHgsH6mMStCVibM_wYvb2w

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