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Lasso: lookup arguments for large tables

Lasso proposes lookup arguments that stay cheap even when the table is far larger than the number of lookups, which is the regime a virtual machine needs.

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Authors: Srinath Setty, Justin Thaler and Riad Wahby
Date: 2022
Publisher: Srinath Setty, Justin Thaler and Riad Wahby
Version: Source cited by the 2022 study. The study is the reading. This page does not add a second essay.
Document ID: BLC-STUDY-0714
DOI: None recorded
Last reviewed: 1 October 2026
Licence: No licence recorded. Rights status under review.

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Lasso proposes lookup arguments that stay cheap even when the table is far larger than the number of lookups, which is the regime a virtual machine needs.

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Setty, S., Thaler, J., & Wahby, R. (2022). Lasso: lookup arguments for large tables. Srinath Setty, Justin Thaler and Riad Wahby. https://eprint.iacr.org/2022/1752

BibTeX

@techreport{lassolookups2022,
  title = {Lasso: lookup arguments for large tables},
  author = {Srinath Setty, Justin Thaler and Riad Wahby},
  year = {2022},
  institution = {Srinath Setty, Justin Thaler and Riad Wahby},
  url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2022/1752},
  note = {Rights status: Official external source only. Blockchain Lab record: https://blockchainlab.com/research/corpus/papers/lasso-lookups}
}

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UR  - https://eprint.iacr.org/2022/1752
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