A Commit-and-Reveal Scheme is a cryptographic protocol where a participant first publicly commits to a secret value without revealing it. Later, the participant discloses the actual value, which can then be verified against the initial commitment. This two-phase process ensures that values are chosen before being known to others.
Context
This scheme is regularly cited in contexts requiring fairness and prevention of manipulation, such as decentralized auctions, voting systems, or verifiable randomness generation on blockchains. News concerning secure and transparent decentralized applications often references this cryptographic primitive to explain how integrity is maintained.
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