?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=SoK%3A+Public+Randomness&rft.creator=Kavousi%2C+Alireza&rft.creator=Wang%2C+Zhipeng&rft.creator=Jovanovic%2C+Philipp&rft.description=Public+randomness+is+a+fundamental+component+in+many+cryptographic+protocols+and+distributed+systems+and+often+plays+a+crucial+role+in+ensuring+their+security%2C+fairness%2C+and+transparency+properties.+Driven+by+the+surge+of+interest+in+blockchain+and+cryptocurrency+platforms+and+the+usefulness+of+such+a+building+block+in+those+areas%2C+designing+secure+protocols+to+generate+public+randomness+in+a+distributed+manner+has+received+considerable+attention+in+recent+years.+This+paper+presents+a+systematization+of+knowledge+on+the+topic+of+public+randomness+with+a+focus+on+cryptographic+tools+providing+public+verifiability+and+key+themes+underlying+these+systems.+We+provide+concrete+insights+on+how+state-of-the-art+protocols+achieve+this+task+efficiently+in+an+adversarial+setting+and+present+various+research+gaps+that+may+be+of+interest+for+future+research.&rft.subject=Measurement%2C+Manifolds%2C+Proof+of+stake%2C+Protocols%2C+Scalability%2C+Voting%2C+Vectors&rft.publisher=IEEE&rft.date=2024-08-22&rft.type=Proceedings+paper&rft.language=eng&rft.source=+++++In%3A++Proceedings+-+2024+IEEE+9th+European+Symposium+on+Security+and+Privacy+(EuroS%26P).++(pp.+pp.+216-234).++IEEE%3A+Vienna%2C+Austria.+(2024)+++++&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10198742%2F1%2Fsok-public-randomness.pdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10198742%2F&rft.rights=open