Show HN: Post-Quantum Signatureless Authorization
Category: security
Tags: post-quantum, cryptography, zero-knowledge, blockchain, authorization
Score: 6.0/10 (Innovation: 8, Technical: 8, Documentation: 4, Utility: 4)
The project introduces 'signatureless authorization,' a cryptographic construction that binds knowledge of an authority secret to a request via a randomized proof capsule, avoiding traditional signatures that are vulnerable to quantum attacks. It combines masked degree-ten authority reduction over GF(2^128) with bank-and-companion code proofs and provides a blockchain implementation and recursive verifier. The accompanying paper claims a quantum chosen-request authorization reduction, but the README is largely a Zenodo scaffolding rather than a clear usage guide.
Target audience: cryptography researchers, security engineers, blockchain developers
Repository: https://zenodo.org/records/23778742 · Python · GPL-3.0 · 336 stars
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