What does “constant rate” mean in universal composable commitment scheme?











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Constant rate in general means that the overhead from a non-secure method is constant. So, in a simple way, if I am committing to an $ell$-bit message, then the size of the commitment is $O(ell)$. In some cases, however, one also allows an additive factor that is independent of the message size. Thus, for example, it could be that to commit to a message of size $ell$ the amount is $O(ell)+{rm poly}(n)$, where $n$ is the security parameter.



Note that typically these are measured in an amortized manner. So, you have to send many commitments (or a long message) for it to be true. But, again, this depends on the exact scheme, so you'll have to read the details.






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    Constant rate in general means that the overhead from a non-secure method is constant. So, in a simple way, if I am committing to an $ell$-bit message, then the size of the commitment is $O(ell)$. In some cases, however, one also allows an additive factor that is independent of the message size. Thus, for example, it could be that to commit to a message of size $ell$ the amount is $O(ell)+{rm poly}(n)$, where $n$ is the security parameter.



    Note that typically these are measured in an amortized manner. So, you have to send many commitments (or a long message) for it to be true. But, again, this depends on the exact scheme, so you'll have to read the details.






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      Constant rate in general means that the overhead from a non-secure method is constant. So, in a simple way, if I am committing to an $ell$-bit message, then the size of the commitment is $O(ell)$. In some cases, however, one also allows an additive factor that is independent of the message size. Thus, for example, it could be that to commit to a message of size $ell$ the amount is $O(ell)+{rm poly}(n)$, where $n$ is the security parameter.



      Note that typically these are measured in an amortized manner. So, you have to send many commitments (or a long message) for it to be true. But, again, this depends on the exact scheme, so you'll have to read the details.






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        Constant rate in general means that the overhead from a non-secure method is constant. So, in a simple way, if I am committing to an $ell$-bit message, then the size of the commitment is $O(ell)$. In some cases, however, one also allows an additive factor that is independent of the message size. Thus, for example, it could be that to commit to a message of size $ell$ the amount is $O(ell)+{rm poly}(n)$, where $n$ is the security parameter.



        Note that typically these are measured in an amortized manner. So, you have to send many commitments (or a long message) for it to be true. But, again, this depends on the exact scheme, so you'll have to read the details.






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        Constant rate in general means that the overhead from a non-secure method is constant. So, in a simple way, if I am committing to an $ell$-bit message, then the size of the commitment is $O(ell)$. In some cases, however, one also allows an additive factor that is independent of the message size. Thus, for example, it could be that to commit to a message of size $ell$ the amount is $O(ell)+{rm poly}(n)$, where $n$ is the security parameter.



        Note that typically these are measured in an amortized manner. So, you have to send many commitments (or a long message) for it to be true. But, again, this depends on the exact scheme, so you'll have to read the details.







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