Time-lock Puzzles and Timed-release Crypto

Ron Rivest; Adi Shamir; Dariusz Wagner

Abstract

1 Introduction Our motivation is the notion of &amp;quot;timed-release crypto, &amp;quot; where the goal is to encrypt a message so that it can not be decrypted by anyone, not even the sender, until a pre-determined amount of time has passed. The goal is to &amp;quot;send information into the future. &amp;quot; This problem was first discussed by Timothy May [6]. What are the applications of &amp;quot;timed-release crypto&amp;quot;? Here are a few possibilities (some due to May):

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                                    Ron Rivest, 
                                
                                    Adi Shamir, 
                                
                                    Dariusz Wagner
                                
                            (1996). 
                            Time-lock Puzzles and Timed-release Crypto. 
                            
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