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Decryption Committee

Definition

A decryption committee is a designated group of participants responsible for collectively decrypting sensitive data within a cryptographic system. This committee operates within privacy-preserving blockchain protocols, where individual members hold partial keys necessary to unlock encrypted information. No single member can decrypt the data alone, requiring a threshold of committee members to cooperate. This distributed approach prevents any single point of failure or centralized control over sensitive data, enhancing security and trust. It is often utilized in confidential transaction systems or secure data sharing platforms.