Schnorr Ring Signature Scheme with Designated Revocability

Ring signatures enable a user to sign a message so that a ring of possible signers is identified, without revealing exactly which member of that ring actually generated the signature. In some situations, however, an actual signer may possibly want to expose himself, for instance, if doing so, he will acquire an enormous benefit. In this paper, we present a Schnorr ring signature scheme with designated revocability, providing a confirmation procedure, in which the real signer is able to convince a designated party that he is the one who generates the signature. The confirming proof is non-transferable, which only can be triggered by the signer. Meanwhile, the scheme satisfies unconditional anonymity, and has been proven to be existentially unforgeable under adaptive-chosen message attack in the random oracle.