MIT's Bitcoin-Inspired 'Enigma' Lets Computers Mine Encrypted Data

Re:MIT's Bitcoin-Inspired 'Enigma' Lets Computers Mine Encry... by GuyZ on Tuesday June 30, 2015 @04:20PM (#9808170)

This is actually a form of encryption (See - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threshold_cryptosystem). It is encrypted in the sense that combining any number of pieces smaller than the defined threshold won't leak even a single bit of information.

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Re:MIT's Bitcoin-Inspired 'Enigma' Lets Computers Mine Encry... by deckar01 on Tuesday June 30, 2015 @05:50PM (#9808642)

The difference is encryption is usually associated with obscuring data with a key that you keep secret. In this system you broadcast out all the pieces needed to reconstruct the data. No secrets, just inconvenience due to distribution. It is not very inconvenient for an adversary that is already collecting all of your communications.

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Re:MIT's Bitcoin-Inspired 'Enigma' Lets Computers Mine Encry... by drdeca on Friday July 03, 2015 @09:06PM (#9828721)

I would assume that one could just use asymmetric crypto to send the parts of the data to the different parties?

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