Decentralized and permissionless ledgers offer an inherently low transaction rate, as a
result of their consensus protocol demanding the storage of each transaction on-chain. A …

Fair exchange (also referred to as atomic swap) is a fundamental operation in any
cryptocurrency that allows users to atomically exchange coins. While a large body of work …

An adaptor signatures (AS) scheme is an extension of digital signatures that allows the
signer to generate a pre-signature for an instance of a hard relation. This pre-signature can …

Adaptor signatures have seen wide applications in layer-2 and peer-to-peer blockchain
applications such as atomic swaps and payment channels. We first identify two …

In scenarios where a seller holds sensitive data x, like employee/patient records or
ecological data, and a buyer seeks to obtain an evaluation of specific function f on this data …

Adaptor signatures are a new cryptographic primitive that binds the authentication of a
message to the revelation of a secret value. In recent years, this primitive has gained …

Adaptor signature is a variant of digital signatures and useful for fair excheng in financial
applications such as cryptocurrencies, to name a few, off-chain transaction protocols, atomic …

The Internet of Things (IoT) connects everyday devices and generates real-time data that
have greatly prompted business and life efficiency. The integration of IoT and blockchain …