Timed-release cryptography that encrypts messages requiring specified computation time for decryption. Educational implementation of sequential computation time delays.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Category | Special Algorithms |
| Sub-category | Time-Release Cryptography |
| Security status | 🎓 Educational Only |
| Complexity | Expert |
| Inventor | Ronald Rivest, Adi Shamir, David Wagner |
| Year | 1996 |
| Origin | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Source | algorithms/special/time-lock-puzzle.js |
Status: 🎓 Educational Only
No vulnerabilities are recorded for this implementation.
1 vector ship with this algorithm and run in the test suite. Byte values are hexadecimal.
Vector 1 — Educational Time-Lock Puzzle with short delay
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
timeSteps |
10000 |
input |
536563726574 |
expected |
536563726574 |