Protocol 6

Let’s learn about the flow and messages of our sixth candidate protocol.

Protocol assumptions

Protocol 6 is shown in the illustration below.

These are the same as the assumptions for Protocol 1, except that the need for Bob to have a random generator is replaced by the following:

  • Alice can generate timestamps that Bob can verify: As part of this assumption, we further require Alice and Bob to have synchronized clocks.

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