Client-Side Validation Aims to Reduce Post-Quantum Blockchain Bloat
Edited by Steinar Vigdel Kolnes, Editor, Oslo
Compact Shielded client-side validation shifts storage and verification to user devices, aiming to limit the on-chain burden of post-quantum cryptography.
Moving blockchains to post-quantum cryptography can increase the amount of data networks must handle. Larger signatures and zero-knowledge proofs can contribute to congestion, higher transaction fees and growing blockchain state, according to Bitcoin.com News.
Compact Shielded client-side validation, or CSV, proposes moving data storage and verification to end-user devices. The design keeps signatures off the blockchain rather than requiring the network to retain them on-chain.
The report highlights a 96-byte on-chain footprint for the approach. Its intended benefit is to reduce the blockchain data burden associated with quantum-resistant cryptography, though the supplied excerpt provides no performance benchmarks or deployment details.
Source: Bitcoin.com News
