April 8, 2024, 10:00 am     +Zoom (click here)

Speaker :  Dr. Francesco Sica, Assistant Professor, Florida Atlantic University    FLYER

Title : Acceleration of multiscalar multiplication for zkSNARKs

Abstract : The main computational bottleneck in the implementation of zero-knowledge succinct arguments of knowledge (zkSNARKs) based on elliptic curves, such as Pinocchio, is the evaluation (called multiscalar multiplication) $\sum_{i=1}^n a_i P_i$, where the $a_i$’s are scalar and the $P_i$’s are fixed elliptic curve points. We will review currently used techniques and introduce new improvements. 
This is joint work with Xinxin Fan, Veronika Kuchta and Lei Xu.