Schnorr signature scheme for Bitcoin

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf cryptographic signature scheme
gptkbp:activatedBy 2021-11-14
gptkbp:adoptedBy gptkb:Taproot_upgrade
gptkbp:basedOn gptkb:elliptic_curve_cryptography
gptkbp:BIC gptkb:BIP340
gptkbp:enables batch verification
signature aggregation
improved privacy
MuSig multisignature protocol
complex smart contracts with better privacy
smaller transaction size
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Schnorr signature scheme for Bitcoin
gptkbp:improves gptkb:security
scalability
efficiency
gptkbp:proposedBy Claus Schnorr
gptkbp:provides provable security under discrete logarithm assumption
gptkbp:reduces transaction malleability
gptkbp:replacedBy ECDSA (in some Bitcoin transactions)
gptkbp:standardizedBy gptkb:BIP340
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:Bitcoin
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:BIP340
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7