A paper accepted at Crypto 2026 proposes replacing the recurring public randomness beacon used in permissionless consensus protocols with d-wise independent distributed samplers. Researchers from the University of Edinburgh, Damiano Abram, Marshall Ball, Juan Garay and Aggelos Kiayias, maintain the use of a common random string alongside cryptographic assumptions including DDH, LWE, and fine-grained proof-of-work. The research remains theoretical with no public benchmarks or comparison to Bitcoin’s security model available. The full paper remains embargoed until August 20, 2026 at 00:00 BST.
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