A Reduction-Based Security Construction with Strict Capture-Time Admissibility
Abstract
This paper formalizes a protocol for event admissibility under unlimited generative capability. Admissibility is conditioned on capture-time entropy binding, hardware-rooted identity, and irreversible public ordering. A strict refusal rule prevents retroactive anchoring. The paper defines a formal security game, prove reduction to collision resistance, EUF-CMA security, entropy unpredictability, and BFT consensus persistence. Liveness under refusal, probabilistic location guarantees, and validator incentives are analyzed. Forgery is shown reducible to breaking standard primitives or violating consensus assumptions.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Cryptography and Data Security
Advanced Authentication Protocols Security
Blockchain Technology Applications and Security
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Publication date
- 12 February 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Preprint