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Redshift: a transparent SNARK with a universal setup

Redshift proposes a SNARK with a universal and updatable setup, in the transparent-setup line, aimed at proving general circuits without a fresh ceremony per circuit.

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Authors: Assimakis Kattis, Konstantin Panarin and Alexander Vlasov
Date: 2019
Publisher: Assimakis Kattis, Konstantin Panarin and Alexander Vlasov
Version: Source cited by the 2019 study. The study is the reading. This page does not add a second essay.
Document ID: BLC-STUDY-0715
DOI: None recorded
Last reviewed: 1 October 2026
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Redshift proposes a SNARK with a universal and updatable setup, in the transparent-setup line, aimed at proving general circuits without a fresh ceremony per circuit.

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Kattis, A., Panarin, K., & Vlasov, A. (2019). Redshift: a transparent SNARK with a universal setup. Assimakis Kattis, Konstantin Panarin and Alexander Vlasov. https://eprint.iacr.org/2019/1400

BibTeX

@techreport{redshiftproofs2019,
  title = {Redshift: a transparent SNARK with a universal setup},
  author = {Assimakis Kattis, Konstantin Panarin and Alexander Vlasov},
  year = {2019},
  institution = {Assimakis Kattis, Konstantin Panarin and Alexander Vlasov},
  url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2019/1400},
  note = {Rights status: Official external source only. Blockchain Lab record: https://blockchainlab.com/research/corpus/papers/redshift-proofs}
}

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