Re: [Mimblewimble] Question about paper

Well, looks like I was assuming wrongly... Thanks for the correction Tim! - Igno Original Message Subject: Re: [Mimblewimble] Question about paper Local Time: June 16, 2017 12:17 AM UTC Time: June 16, 2017 7:17 AM From: cry...@timruffing.de To: mimblewimble@lists.launchpad.net

Re: [Mimblewimble] Question about paper

Hi Jimmy, ê is a bilinear map (a "pairing"), defined in line 87. (And I guess e is just a typo, it should be ê.) Pairings are often helpful in constructing crypto scheme, because they add algebraic structure. The drawback is that you need special elliptic curves; "normal" curves don't offer pairi

[Mimblewimble] Question about paper

Hi, Please excuse my ignorance. I've been going through the MimbleWimble paper ( https://scalingbitcoin.org/papers/mimblewimble.pdf) and line 151 has a function e(G,S)=e(pk,H). I don't see the function e defined anywhere and a similar ê is used around line 165. Can someone tell me what that funct