# Aggregatable Subvector Commitments for Stateless Cryptocurrencies from Lagrange Polynomials

tl;dr: We build a vector commitment (VC) scheme from KZG commitments to Lagrange polynomials that has (1) constant-sized, aggregatable proofs, which can all be precomputed in $O(n\log{n})$ time, and (2) linear public parameters, which can be derived from any “powers-of-tau” CRS in $O(n\log{n})$ time. Importantly, the auxiliary information needed to update proofs (a.k.a. the “update key”) is $O(1)$-sized. Our scheme is compatible with recent techniques to aggregate subvector proofs across different commitments1.

This is joint work with Ittai Abraham, Vitalik Buterin, Justin Drake, Dankrad Feist and Dmitry Khovratovich. Our full paper is available online here, has been recently accepted to SCN’20, and has been presented here (25 minutes) and here (1 hour). You can find the slides in this GitHub repo.

A little backstory: I’ve been interested in vector commitments (VCs) ever since Madars Virza first showed me how KZG and roots of unity gives rise to a simple VC scheme. In 2018, I was trying to figure out if VC proofs can be updated fast in such a construction. I came up with a KZG-based scheme that could update a proof for $v_i$ given a change to any $v_j$. Unfortunately, it required an $O(n)$-sized, static, update key to do the update. Since each player $i$ in a stateless cryptocurrency has to update their proof for $v_i$, this $O(n)$-sized update key is an annoying storage burden for that user.

Then, I saw Vitalik Buterin’s post on using partial fraction decomposition to aggregate KZG proofs. This was great, since it immediately implied VC proofs can be aggregated. However, after conversations with Ittai Abraham and the Ethereum Research team, it became clear this can also be used to reduce the update key size. The key ingredient was turning two commitments to $A(X)/(X-i)$ and $A(X)/(X-j)$ into a commitment to $A(X)/\left((X-i)(X-j)\right)$ (see here). This post explains this technique and how to make it work by taking care of all details (e.g., making update keys verifiable, computing them from the KZG public params efficiently, etc.).

# Preliminaries

Let $[i,j]=\{i,i+1,i+2,\dots,j-1,j\}$ and $[0, n) = [0,n-1]$. Let $p$ be a sufficiently large prime that denotes the order of our groups.

In this post, beyond basic group theory for cryptographers2 and basic polynomial arithmetic, I will assume you are familiar with a few concepts:

• Bilinear maps3. Specifically, $\exists$ a bilinear map $e : \G_1 \times \G_2 \rightarrow \G_T$ such that:
• $\forall u\in \G_1,v\in \G_2, a\in \Zp, b\in \Zp, e(u^a, v^b) = e(u,v)^{ab}$
• $e(g_1,g_2)\ne 1_T$ where $g_1,g_2$ are the generators of $\G_1$ and $\G_2$ respectively and $1_T$ is the identity of $\G_T$
• KZG4 polynomial commitments (see here),
• The Fast Fourier Transform (FFT)5 applied to polynomials. Specifically,
• Suppose $\Zp$ admits a primitive root of unity $\omega$ of order $n$ (i.e., $n \mid p-1$)
• Let $H=\{1, \omega, \omega^2, \omega^3, \dots, \omega^{n-1}\}$ denote the set of all $n$ $n$th roots of unity
• Then, FFT can be used to efficiently evaluate any polynomial $\phi(X)$ at all $X\in H$ in $\Theta(n\log{n})$ time
• i.e., compute all $\{\phi(\omega^{i-1})\}_{i\in[n]}$

# VCs from Lagrange polynomials

We build upon a previous line of work on VCs from Lagrange polynomials6,4,7.

Recall that given a vector $\vect{v} = [v_0, v_1, \dots, v_{n-1}]$, we can interpolate a polynomial $\phi(X)$ such that $\phi(i)=v_i$ as follows: \begin{align} \phi(X)=\sum_{i=0}^{n-1} v_i \cdot \lagr_i(X),\ \text{where}\ \lagr_i(X) = \prod_{\substack{j\in [0,n)\\j\ne i}}\frac{X-j}{i-j} \end{align}

It is well-known that this Lagrange representation of $\vect{v}$ naturally gives rise to a vector commitment (VC) scheme8. The key idea is to commit to $\vect{v}$ by committing to $\phi(X)$ using KZG polynomial commitments (see here). Then, proving $\phi(i) = v_i$ proves that $v_i$ is the $i$th element in the vector. Next, we describe how this scheme works in more detail and what features it has.

## Trusted setup

To set up the VC scheme for committing to any vector of size $n$, use an MPC protocol9 to generate public parameters $\left(g^{\tau^i}\right)_{i\in [0,n]}$. Then, either:

1. Spend $O(n^2)$ time to compute commitments $\ell_i = g^{\lagr_i(\tau)}$ to all $n$ Lagrange polynomials $\lagr_i(X)$.
2. Or, “shift” the computation of these commitments into the MPC protocol, losing some efficiency.

We will fix this later by storing $v_i$ at $\phi(\omega_n^i)$, which will allow us to compute all $\ell_i$’s in $O(n\log{n})$ time.

Either way, the proving key is $\prk=\left(g^{\tau^i},\ell_i\right)_{i\in[0,n)}$ and will be used to commit to a vector and create proofs. The verification key is $\vrk=(g,g^{\tau})$ and will be used to verify proofs.

## Committing to a vector

The commitment to a vector $\vect{v}$ is just a KZG commitment $c=g^{\phi(\tau)}$ to its polynomial $\phi(X)$. This can be computed very fast, in $O(n)$ time, given the proving key $\prk$:

\begin{align} c &= \sum_{i=0}^{n-1} \ell_i^{v_i}\\
&= \sum_{i=0}^{n-1} g^{v_i \cdot \lagr_i(\tau)}\\
&= g^{\prod_{i=0}^{n-1} v_i \cdot \lagr_i(\tau)}\\
&= g^{\phi(\tau)} \end{align}

### Updating the commitment

KZG commitments and thus vector commitments are homomorphic: given commitments $c$ and $c’$ to $\vect{v}$ and $\vect{v’}$, we can get a commitment $C=c \cdot c’$ to $\vect{v} + \vect{v’}$.

A consequence of this is that we can easily update a commitment $c$ to $c’$, given a change $\delta$ to $v_i$ as: \begin{align} c’ = c \cdot \ell_i^{\delta} \end{align}

## Constant-sized proofs

To prove that $v_i$ is the $i$th element in $\vect{v}$, we have to prove that $\phi(i)=v_i$. For this, we need to:

1. Interpolate $\phi(X)$ in $O(n\log^2{n})$ field operations and get its coefficients.
2. Divide $\phi(X)$ by $X-i$ in $O(n)$ field operations and get a quotient $q_i(X)$ such that $\phi(X)=q_i(X)(X-i) + v_i$ (see the polynomial remainder theorem).
3. Compute a KZG commitment $\pi_i=g^{q_i(\tau)}$ to $q_i(X)$ using an $O(n)$ time multi-exponentiation

The proof will be: \begin{align} \pi_i=g^{q_i(\tau)}=g^\frac{\phi(\tau)-v_i}{\tau-i} \end{align}

In Appendix D.7 in our paper, we show how to compute $\pi_i$ in $O(n)$ time, without interpolating $\phi(X)$ by carefully crafting our public parameters.

To verify the proof, we can check with a pairing that: \begin{align} e(c/g^{v_i}, g)=e(\pi_i, g^{\tau}/g^i) \end{align}

This is equivalent to checking that the polynomial remainder theorem holds for $\phi(i)$ at $X=\tau$.

## Constant-sized $I$-subvector proofs

To prove multiple positions $(v_i)_{i\in I}$, an $I$-subvector proof $\pi_I$ can be computed using a KZG batch proof as:

\begin{align} \pi_I &= g^{q_I(\tau)}=g^\frac{\phi(\tau)-R_I(\tau)}{A_I(\tau)} \end{align}

For this, the prover has to interpolate the following polynomials in $O(\vert I\vert \log^2{\vert I\vert})$ time:

\begin{align} A_I(X) &=\prod_{i\in I} (X - i)\\
R_I(X) &=\sum_{i\in I} v_i \prod_{j\in I,j\ne i}\frac{X - j}{i - j}\ \text{s.t.}\ R_I(i) = v_i,\forall i\in I \end{align}

Verifying the proof can also be done with two pairings: \begin{align} e(c/g^{R_I(\tau)}, g)=e(\pi_I, g^{A_I(\tau)}) \end{align}

Note that the verifier has to spend $O(\vert I\vert \log^2{\vert I\vert})$ time to interpolate and commit to $A_I(X)$ and $R_I(X)$.

Later on, we show how to aggregate an $I$-subvector proof $\pi_I$ from all individual proofs $\pi_i, i\in I$ in $O(\vert I\vert \log^2{\vert I\vert})$ time.

# Enhancing Lagrange-based VCs

The VC scheme presented so far has several nice features:

• $O(1)$-sized commitments
• $O(n)$-sized proving key and $O(1)$-sized verification key
• $O(1)$-sized proofs and $O(1)$-sized $I$-subvector proofs

It also has additional features, which we didn’t explain:

• Homomorphic proofs: Suppose we are given (1) a proof $\pi_i$ for $v_i$ w.r.t. a commitment $c$ for $\vect{v}$ and (2) a proof $\pi_i’$ for $v_i’$ w.r.t. to $c’$ for vector $\vect{v’}$. Then, can obtain a proof $\Lambda_i=\pi_i \cdot \pi_i’$ for $v_i + v_i’$ w.r.t. $C=c\cdot c’$, which is a commitment to $\vect{v}+\vect{v’}$.
• Hiding: can commit to a vector as $g^{\phi(\tau)} h^{r(\tau)}$ to get a commitment that hides all information about $\vect{v}$.
• Here, will need extra $h^{\tau^i}$’s.
• Also, $r(X)$ is a random, degree $n-1$ polynomial.

Nonetheless, applications such as stateless cryptocurrencies10, require extra features:

1. Aggregatable proofs: Blocks can be made smaller by aggregating all users’ proofs in a block into a single subvector proof.
2. Updatable proofs: In a stateless cryptocurrency, each user $i$ has a proof of her balance stored at position $i$ in the vector. However, since the vector changes after each transaction in the currency, the user must be able to update her proof so it verifies w.r.t. the updated vector commitment.
3. Precompute all proofs fast: Proof serving nodes in stateless cryptocurrencies can operate faster if they periodically precompute all proofs rather than updating all $O(n)$ proof after each new block.
4. Updatable public parameters: Since many $g^{\tau^i}$’s are already publicly available from previous trusted setup ceremonies implemented via MPC, it would be nice to use them safely by “refreshing” them with additional trusted randomness.

Our paper adds all these features by carefully making use of roots of unity11, Fast Fourier Transforms (FFTs)5 and partial fraction decomposition12.

## Aggregating proofs into subvector profs

Drake and Buterin12 observe that partial fraction decomposition can be used to aggregate KZG proofs.

Let’s first take a quick look at how partial fraction decomposition works.

### Partial fraction decomposition

Any accumulator polynomial fraction can be decomposed as: \begin{align} \frac{1}{\prod_{i\in I} (X-i)} = \sum_{i\in I} c_i \cdot \frac{1}{X-i} \end{align}

The key question is “What are the $c_i$’s?” Surprisingly, the answer is given by a slightly tweaked Lagrange interpolation formula on a set of points $I$ 13:

\begin{align} \lagr_i(X)=\prod_{j\in I, j\ne i} \frac{X-j}{i - j}=\frac{A_I(X)}{A_I’(i) (X-i)},\ \text{where}\ A_I(X)=\prod_{i\in I} (X-i) \end{align}

Here, $A_I’(X)$ is the derivative of $A_I(X)$ and has the (non-obvious) property that $A_I’(i)=\prod_{j\in I,j\ne i} (i-j)$. (Check out this post for some intuition on why this tweaked Lagrange formula works.)

Now, let us interpolate the polynomial $\phi(X)=1$ using this new Lagrange formula from a set of $|I|$ points $(v_i, \phi(v_i)=1)_{i\in I}$. \begin{align} \phi(X) &= \sum_{i\in I} v_i \lagr_i(X)\Leftrightarrow\\\ 1 &= A_I(X)\sum_{i\in[0,n)} \frac{v_i}{A_I’(i)(X-i)}\Leftrightarrow\\
\frac{1}{A_I(X)} &= \sum_{i\in I} \frac{1}{A_I’(i)(X-i)}\Leftrightarrow\\
\frac{1}{A_I(X)} &= \sum_{i\in I} \frac{1}{A_I’(i)}\cdot\frac{1}{(X-i)}\Rightarrow\\
c_i &= \frac{1}{A_I’(i)} \end{align}

Thus, to compute all $c_i$’s needed to decompose, we need to evaluate $A’(X)$ at all $i\in I$. Fortunately, this can be done in $O(\vert I\vert \log^2{\vert I\vert})$ field operations using a polynomial multipoint evaluation14.

### Applying partial fraction decomposition to VC proofs

Recall that an $I$-subvector proof is just a commitment to the following quotient polynomial:

\begin{align} q_I(X) &= \phi(X)\frac{1}{A_I(X)}- R_I(X)\frac{1}{A_I(X)}\\
\end{align}

Next, we replace $\frac{1}{A_I(X)}$ with its partial fraction decomposition $\sum_{i\in I} \frac{1}{A_I’(i)(X-i)}$.

\begin{align} q_I(X) &= \phi(X)\sum_{i\in I} \frac{1}{A_I’(i)(X-i)} - \left(A_I(X)\sum_{i\in I} \frac{v_i}{A_I’(i)(X-i)}\right)\cdot \frac{1}{A_I(X)} \\
&= \sum_{i\in I} \frac{\phi(X)}{A_I’(i)(X-i)} - \sum_{i\in I} \frac{v_i}{A_I’(i)(X-i)}\\
&= \sum_{i\in I} \frac{1}{A_I’(i)}\cdot \frac{\phi(X) - v_i}{X-i}\\
&= \sum_{i\in I} \frac{1}{A_I’(i)}\cdot q_i(X) \end{align}

So in the end, we were able to express $q_I(X)$ as a linear combination of $q_i(X)$’s, which are exactly the quotients committed to in the proofs of the $v_i$’s (see here).

Thus, given a set of proofs $(\pi_i)_{i\in I}$ for a bunch of $v_i$’s, we can aggregate them into an $I$-subvector proof $\pi_I$ as: \begin{align} \pi_I &= \prod_{i\in I} \pi_i^{\frac{1}{A_I’(i)}} \end{align}

This takes $O(\vert I\vert \log^2{\vert I\vert})$ field operations to compute all the $c_i$’s, as explained in the previous subsection.

## Updating proofs

First, recall that a proof $\pi_i$ for $v_i$ is a KZG commitment to: \begin{align} q_i(X)=\frac{\phi(X)-v_i}{X-i} \end{align}

Suppose that $v_j$ changes to $v_j+\delta$, thus changing the vector commitment and invalidating any proof $\pi_i$. Thus, we want to be able to update any proof $\pi_i$ to a new proof $\pi_i’$ that verifies w.r.t. the updated commitment. Note that we must consider two cases:

1. $i=j$
2. $i\ne j$.

We refer to the party updating their proof $\pi_i$ as the proof updater.

### The $i=j$ case

Let’s see how the quotient polynomial $q_i’(X)$ in the updated proof $\pi_i’$ relates to the original quotient $q_i(X)$: \begin{align} q_i’(X) &=\frac{\phi’(X)-(v_i+\delta)}{X-i}\\
& =\frac{\left(\phi(X) + \delta\lagr_i(X)\right) - v_i -\delta}{X-i}\\
&=\frac{\phi(X) - v_i}{X-i}-\frac{\delta(\lagr_i(X)-1)}{X-i}\\
&= q_i(X) + \delta\left(\frac{\lagr_i(X)-1}{X-i}\right) \end{align}

Observe that if we include KZG commitments $u_i$ to $\frac{\lagr_i(X)-1}{X-i}$ in our public parameters, then we can update $\pi_i$ to $\pi_i’$ as: \begin{align} \pi_i’ = \pi_i \cdot \left(u_i\right)^{\delta} \end{align}

We include a commitment $u_i$ as part of each user $i$’s update key $\upk_i = u_i = g^\frac{\lagr_i(\tau)-1}{\tau-i}$. This way, each user $i$ can update her proof after a change to their own $v_i$. This leaves us with handling updates to $v_j$ for $j\ne i$. We handle this next by including additional information in $\upk_i$.

### The $i\ne j$ case

Again, let’s see how $q_i’(X)$ relates to the original $q_i(X)$, but after a change $\delta$ at position $j\ne i$: \begin{align} q_i’(X) &=\frac{\phi’(X)-v_i}{X-i}\\
&=\frac{\left(\phi(X) + \delta\lagr_j(X)\right) - v_i}{X-i}\\
&=\frac{\phi(X) - v_i}{X-i}-\frac{\delta\lagr_j(X)}{X-i}\\
&= q_i(X) + \delta\left(\frac{\lagr_j(X)}{X-i}\right) \end{align}

This time we are in a bit of pickle because there are $O(n^2)$ possible polynomials $U_{i,j}(X) = \frac{\lagr_j(X)}{X-i}$ Let, $u_{i,j}=g^{U_{i,j}(\tau)}$ denote their commitments. This would mean we’d need each user $i$ to have $n-1$ $u_{i,j}$’s: one for each $j\in[0,n),j\ne i$. Then, for any change $\delta$ to $v_j$, user $i$ could update its $\pi_i$ to $\pi_i’$ as: \begin{align} \pi_i’ = \pi_i \cdot \left(u_{i,j}\right)^{\delta} \end{align}

However, this would mean each user $i$’s update key is $\upk_i = (u_i, (u_{i,j})_{j\in [0,n),j\ne i})$ and is $O(n)$-sized. This makes it impractical for use in applications such as stateless cryptocurrencies, where each user $i$ has to include their $\upk_i$ in every transaction they issue.

#### Re-constructing $u_{i,j}$ fast

Fortunately, by putting additional information in $\upk_i$ and $\upk_j$, we can help user $i$ reconstruct $u_{i,j}$ in $O(1)$ time. Let $A(X)=\prod_{i\in [0,n)} (X-i)$ be the accumulator polynomial over all $i$’s. Let $A’(X)$ be its derivative and store the evaluation $A’(i)$ in each user’s $\upk_i$. Additionally, store $a_i = g^\frac{A(\tau)}{\tau-i}$ in each user’s $\upk_i$. (Note that $a_i$ is just a KZG proof for $A(i) = 0$.)

Computing all $a_i$’s takes $O(n^2)$ time, but we improve this to $O(n\log{n})$ time later using roots of unity.

Next, using the tweaked Lagrange formula from before, rewrite $U_{i,j}(X)$ as: \begin{align} U_{i,j}(X) &=\frac{\lagr_j(X)}{X-i}\\
&= \frac{A(X)}{A’(j)(X-j)(X-i)}\\
&= \frac{1}{A’(j)}\cdot A(X) \cdot \frac{1}{(X-j)(X-i)} \end{align}

Next, notice that we can decompose $\frac{1}{(X-j)(X-i)}$: \begin{align} U_{i,j}(X) &= \frac{1}{A’(j)}\cdot A(X) \cdot \frac{1}{(X-j)(X-i)}\\
&= \frac{1}{A’(j)}\cdot A(X) \cdot \left(c_j \frac{1}{X-j}+ c_i\frac{1}{X-i}\right) &= \frac{1}{A’(j)}\cdot \left(c_j \frac{A(X)}{X-j}+ c_i\frac{A(X)}{X-i}\right) \end{align}

Now, notice that this implies the commitment $u_{i,j}$ can be computed in $O(1)$ time as: \begin{align} u_{i,j} &= \left(a_j^{c_j} \cdot a_i^{c_i}\right)^\frac{1}{A’(j)} \end{align}

What are $c_i$ and $c_j$? Just define $A_{i,j}(X) = (X-i)(X-j)$, take its derivative $A_{i,j}’(X)=(X-i)+(X-j)$ and, as mentioned before, you have $c_i=1/A_{i,j}’(i)=1/(i-j)$ and $c_j=1/A_{i,j}’(j)=1/(j-i)$

Thus, it is sufficient to set each user’s $\upk_i=(u_i, a_i, A’(i))$.

Note that for user $i$ to update their proof, they need not just their own $\upk_i$ but also the $\upk_j$ corresponding to the changed position $j$. This is fine in settings such as stateless cryptocurrencies, where $\upk_j$ is part of the transaction that sends money from user $i$ to user $j$.

## Verifiable update keys

In the stateless cryptocurrency setting, it is very important that user $i$ be able verify $\upk_j$ before using it to update her proof. Similarly, miners should verify the update keys they use for updating the commitment $c$. (We did not discuss it, but $\upk_i$ can also be used to derive a commitment to $\lagr_i(X)$ needed to update $c$ after a change to $v_i$.)

To verify $\upk_i$, we need to include a commitment $a=g^{A(\tau)}$ to $A(X)$ in the $\vrk$. This way, each $a_i$ in $\upk_i$ can be verified as a normal KZG proof w.r.t. $a$. Then, each $u_i$ can also be verified by noticing two things:

1. $u_i$ is just a KZG proof that $\lagr_i(i) = 1$
2. $a_i$ can be transformed into $\ell_i=g^{\lagr_i(\tau)}$ in $O(1)$ time by exponentiating it with $1/A’(i)$, which is part of $\upk_i$

As a result, $u_i$ can now be verified as a KZG proof that $\lagr_i(i) = 1$ against $\ell_i$.

## Precomputing all proofs fast

Computing all $n$ constant-sized proofs for $v_i=\phi(i)$ in less than quadratic time seems very difficult. Fortunately, Feist and Khovratovich15 give a beautiful technique that can do this, subject to the restriction that the evaluation points are roots of unity, rather than $[0,1,\dots, n-1]$. Thus, if we change our scheme to store $v_i$ at $\phi(\omega^i)$ where $\omega$ is an $n$th primitive root of unity, we can use this technique to compute all VC proofs $(\pi_i)_{i\in [0,n)}$ in $O(n\log{n})$ time.

Furthermore, we can use this same technique to compute all the $a_i$’s from each $\upk_i$ in $O(n\log{n})$ time.

## Efficiently-computable and updatable public parameters

Our scheme’s public parameters, consisting of the proving key, verification key and update keys, need to be generated via an MPC protocol9, to guarantee nobody learns the trapdoor $\tau$. Unfortunately, the most efficient MPC protocols only output $g^{\tau^i}$’s. This means we should (ideally) find a way to derive the remaining public parameters from these $g^{\tau^i}$’s.

First, when using roots of unity, we have $A(X)=\prod_{i\in [0,n)} (X-\omega^i) = X^n - 1$. Thus, the commitment $a=g^{A(\tau)}$ to $A(X)=X^{n} - 1$ can be computed in $O(1)$ time via an exponentiation.

Second, the commitments $\ell_i=g^{\lagr_i(\tau)}$ to Lagrange polynomials can be computed via a single DFT on the $(g^{\tau^i})$’s. (See Sec 3.12.3, pg. 97 in Madars Virza’s PhD thesis16).

Third, each $a_i = g^{A(\tau)/(\tau -\omega^i)}$ is just a bilinear accumulator membership proof for $\omega^i$ w.r.t. $A(X)$. Thus, all $a_i$’s can be computed in $O(n\log{n})$ time via the Feist-Khovratovich technique15.

Lastly, we need a way to compute all $u_i = g^{\frac{\lagr_i(\tau)-1}{X-\omega^i}}$. It turns out this is also doable in $O(n\log{n})$ time using an FFT on a carefully-crafted input (see Sec 3.4.5 in our paper).

As a last benefit, since our parameters can be derived from $g^{\tau^i}$’s which are updatable, our parameters are updatable. This is very useful as it allows safe reuse of existing parameters generated for other schemes.

# Parting thoughts

Please see our paper for more goodies, including:

• A formalization of our primitive (in Sec 3.1)
• The full algorithms of our VC (in Sec 3.4.4)
• A new security definition for KZG batch proofs with a reduction to $n$-SBDH (in Appendix C)
• The efficient algorithm for computing the $u_i$’s (in Sec 3.4.5)
• A comparison to other VCs (in Table 2)
• An survey of existing VC schemes over prime-order groups, with a time complexity analysis (in Appendix D)
• A smaller, incomplete survey of existing VC schemes over hidden-order groups (in Appendix D)

## Are roots of unity necessary?

Babis Papamanthou asked me a very good question: “What functionality requires the use of roots of unity?” I hope the last two sections answered that clearly:

• Can precompute all $n$ VC proofs in quasilinear time
• Can derive our public parameters efficiently from the $g^{\tau^i}$’s
• This includes all $u_i$’s and $a_i$’s needed to update proofs efficiently
• Can have (efficiently) updatable public parameters
• Can remove $A’(i)$ from $\upk_i$, since $A’(i)=n\omega^{-i}$ (see Appendix A in our paper)

## Future work

It would be very exciting to see by how much this new VC scheme improves the performance of stateless cryptocurrencies such as Edrax10.

# Acknowledgements

Special thanks goes to Madars Virza who first introduced me to Lagrange-based VCs in 2017 and helped me with some of the related work.

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