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BLS

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Definition

Boneh-Lynn-Shacham, a signature scheme built on pairing-friendly elliptic curves. Ethereum's consensus layer uses it because many signatures over the same message can be aggregated into one, which makes attestations from thousands of validators cheap to verify.

Also known as

Boneh-Lynn-Shacham

Note

Boneh-Lynn-Shacham digital signature scheme. Generally not spelled out in use -- "BLS" alone is fine and widely recognized.