Re: [CFRG] comment on draft-irtf-cfrg-vrf: suggested non-malleability fix

Mario Cao <mario@stampery.co> Wed, 03 November 2021 12:32 UTC

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Subject: Re: [CFRG] comment on draft-irtf-cfrg-vrf: suggested non-malleability fix
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Hi,

This LC went below our radar and couldn't reply in time. We totally support
the publication of the document as an RFC.

2 different implementations of this specification are being used in
production by the Witnet protocol, and as a matter of fact no less than 400
bn VRFs have been produced and validated with these since last October:
- https://crates.io/crates/vrf
- https://www.npmjs.com/package/vrf-solidity

Thank you,
Mario Cao