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U-Prove Cryptographic Specification V1.1 (Paquin, Zaverucha 2011)

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URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/U-Prove20Cryptographic20Specification20V1.1.pdf

Summary

Microsoft's specification of U-Prove, a pairing-free anonymous credential system based on Brands' blind signatures with attributes. U-Prove tokens support selective disclosure, but they can only be shown once without becoming linkable, so multi-show unlinkability needs batch issuance. BL26-SoK-AnonCreds cites it as the most prominent pairing-free, one-time-use credential approach.

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