vetKeys

Technical overview

The vetKeys feature is in ongoing development on the Internet Computer (IC). It stands for ‘Verifiable Encrypted Threshold Keys’ and enables a number of cryptographic functionalities on the IC. 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 the:

• vetKeys technology overview.
• vetKeys primer.

Using vetKeys

As this feature is still in development, a brief demo for using the API exists. Instructions for this demo can be found here.

References

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