Timelock encryption

[George Violaris]

On 08/10/2017 5:33 PM, George Violaris wrote:
> Some interesting reading regarding timelock encryption. Given crypto 
> breakthroughs through cryptocurrency and smart contracts, it is 
> interesting to be able to apply such techniques in fields such as 
> insurance, bonds, trading, etc.
>
> The big issue up to now with these is that a trusted third party, e.g, 
> a server, was required to keep track. However now with bitcoin and 
> blockchain technologies, this kind of research is starting to change.
>
> -
>
> Gwern.net - Self-Decrypting Files: 
> https://www.gwern.net/Self-decrypting-files
>
> Rabin & Thorpe - Time-Lapse Cryptogrpahy: 
> http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~cat/tlc.pdf / 
> http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~cat/papers/tlc-poster.pdf
>
> Tibor Jager - How to Build Time-Lock Encryption: 
> https://eprint.iacr.org/2015/478
>
> Jia Liu and Saqib A. Kakvi and Bogdan Warinschi - Extractable Witness 
> Encryption and Timed-Release Encryption from Bitcoin
>
> ./gv
>
Peter Todd did some coding on this concept, based on Gwern's explanation 
of self-decrypting files. https://github.com/petertodd/timelock