Notes

• Argo MAC is a new garbling primitive for off-chain cryptography like Bitcoin.
• Efficiently translates bit decomposition of curve points to homomorphic MACs.
• Enables construction of garbled SNARK verifiers for pairing-based SNARKs.
• Integrates with recent work like BitVM to enhance Bitcoin smart contracts.
• Subsequent work will detail garbled SNARK verifier construction.
• Facilitates scalable off-chain computation and verification for Bitcoin.

• Argo MAC是一种新的混淆原语，用于优化比特币等链下密码学应用
• 可将曲线点的比特分解编码高效转换为同态MAC，提升混淆效率
• 支持构建基于配对的SNARK验证器的混淆版本，效率提升显著
• 与BitVM等近期工作结合，扩展比特币智能合约的表达能力
• 后续工作将详细描述如何用Argo MAC构建混淆SNARK验证器
• 该技术有助于推动比特币链下计算和验证的规模化应用