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Scalable Multi-party Computation for zk-SNARK Parameters

Powers of Tau is a multi-party computation that builds the structured reference string so that if one participant deletes their randomness, the trapdoor is gone.

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Authors: Sean Bowe, Ariel Gabizon and Ian Miers
Date: 2017
Publisher: Sean Bowe, Ariel Gabizon and Ian Miers
Version: Source cited by the 2017 study. The study is the reading. This page does not add a second essay.
Document ID: BLC-STUDY-0125
DOI: None recorded
Last reviewed: 1 October 2026
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Powers of Tau is a multi-party computation that builds the structured reference string so that if one participant deletes their randomness, the trapdoor is gone.

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Bowe, S., Gabizon, A., & Miers, I. (2017). Scalable Multi-party Computation for zk-SNARK Parameters. Sean Bowe, Ariel Gabizon and Ian Miers. https://eprint.iacr.org/2017/1050

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@techreport{powersoftau2017,
  title = {Scalable Multi-party Computation for zk-SNARK Parameters},
  author = {Sean Bowe, Ariel Gabizon and Ian Miers},
  year = {2017},
  institution = {Sean Bowe, Ariel Gabizon and Ian Miers},
  url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2017/1050},
  note = {Rights status: Official external source only. Blockchain Lab record: https://blockchainlab.com/research/corpus/papers/powers-of-tau}
}

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