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BLS Signature Aggregation: Under the Hood — stu

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This is the second part of a series of articles explaining how cryptography in Ethereum works. The article assumes prior knowledge about Elliptic Curve Cryptography covered in the previous article. We cover the absolute basics of BLS signatures and how their aggregation works.

This is the second part of a series of articles explaining how cryptography in Ethereum works. The article assumes prior knowledge about Elliptic Curve Cryptography covered in the previous article . We cover the absolute basics of BLS signatures and how their aggregation works. Digital signatures play a big role in blockchains. A message that is digitally signed guarantees two things: Message authenticity: Evidence that a specific sender (owner of a private key) has created and signed the message. Message integrity: Evidence that a message has not been tampered with after it was signed. Digita

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