作者: Ilan Orlov , Tal Moran
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摘要: We introduce a new cryptographic primitive: Proofs of SpaceTime (PoSTs) and construct practical protocol for implementing these proofs. A PoST allows prover to convince verifier that she spent “spacetime” resource (storing data—space—over period time). Formally, we define the as linear tradeoff between CPU work space-time (under reasonable cost assumptions, rational user will prefer use lower-cost over work). Compared proof-of-work, requires less energy use, “difficulty” can be increased by extending time which data is stored without increasing computation costs. Our definition very similar “Proofs Space” [ePrint 2013/796, 2013/805] but, unlike previous definitions, takes into account amortization attacks storage duration. Moreover, our uses different (and simpler) technique, making fact explicitly allow tradeoff.