What are vetKeys?

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Concept

The vetKeys feature is in ongoing development on ICP. It stands for ‘Verifiable Encrypted Threshold Keys’ and enables a number of cryptographic functionalities on ICP. The primary motivation for vetKeys is to facilitate onchain encryption, as such the primer is focused with that example in mind.

To dive into the technical overview, please refer to:

• vetKeys technology overview.
• vetKeys primer.

Using vetKeys

As this feature is still in development, a brief demo for using the API exists.

References

• Forum post.
• The first Community Conversation.
• vetKeys primer to understand the crypto background.
• Research paper.