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From: Sarang Noether <32460187+SarangNoether@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2020 16:11:49 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Triptych blog post

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+title: Triptych accepted for publication
+summary: Triptych, a zero-knowledge proving system for confidential transactions, is reviewed and accepted for publication
+tags: [community]
+author: Sarang Noether, Ph.D.
+---
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+Contributing researchers to the [Monero Research Lab](/resources/research-lab/) are pleased to announce that the [Triptych](https://eprint.iacr.org/2020/018) zero-knowledge proving system for confidential transactions has been reviewed and accepted to the [ESORICS CBT 2020](https://deic-web.uab.cat/cbt/cbt2020/) workshop for presentation and publication.
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+Triptych uses a zero-knowledge proving system to construct a particular type of linkable ring signature that can be used in confidential transaction protocols. Unlike currently-deployed methods like [CLSAG]({{ site.baseurl_root }}/2020/07/31/clsag-audit.html), Triptych proofs grow very slowly (logarithmically) as the size of the transaction anonymity set increases. Triptych transactions also benefit from specialized optimizations that allow for efficient verification.
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+While we are still investigating technical details required for a future deployment of Triptych into the Monero protocol, it is very exciting to see the paper accepted for publication! We hope that the cryptographic community finds it useful.
+
+### Resources
+- [Triptych preprint](https://eprint.iacr.org/2020/018): The original pre-publication paper describing the Triptych algorithms, security model, and security proofs.
+- [Proof-of-concept code (Python)](https://github.com/SarangNoether/skunkworks/tree/triptych): An initial proof-of-concept test implementation of the Triptych algorithms, written in Python. _This code has not been reviewed or written with secure implementation in mind! Do not use in production!_
+- [Proof-of-concept code (C++)](https://github.com/SarangNoether/monero/tree/triptych): A proof-of-concept test implementation of the Triptych algorithms, written in C++ using the Monero codebase and test framework. _This code has not been reviewed or written with secure implementation in mind! Do not use in production!_