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David Núñez 2019-02-28 11:16:10 +01:00
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@ -26,15 +26,18 @@ determined by the NuCypher network.
anyone she wants by creating a policy and uploading it to
the NuCypher network.
02. Anyone can encrypt data using Alice's policy public key.
The resulting encrypted data can be uploaded to IPFS, Swarm, S3,
02. Using her policy's public key, any entity can encrypt data on Alice's behalf.
This entity could be an IoT device in her car, a collaborator assigned
the task of writing data to her policy, or even a third-party creating
data that belongs to her – for example, a lab analyzing medical tests.
The resulting encrypted data can be uploaded to IPFS, Swarm, S3,
or any other storage layer.
03. Ursula, a miner, receives the access policy and stands ready to
re-encrypt data in exchange for payment in fees and block rewards.
Thanks to the use of proxy re-encryption,
Ursula and the storage layer never have access to Alice's
plaintext data nor her private key.
03. A group of Ursulas, which are nodes of the NuCypher network,
receive the access policy and stand ready to
re-encrypt data in exchange for payment in fees and block rewards.
Thanks to the use of proxy re-encryption,
Ursulas and the storage layer never have access to Alice's plaintext data.
04. Bob, a data recipient, sends an access request to the NuCypher network.
If Bob was granted an access policy by Alice,

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@ -38,14 +38,18 @@ to provide cryptographic access controls for distributed apps and protocols.
anyone she wants by creating a policy and uploading it to
the NuCypher network.
2. Anyone can encrypt data using Alice's policy public key.
2. Using her policy's public key, any entity can encrypt data on Alice's behalf.
This entity could be an IoT device in her car, a collaborator assigned
the task of writing data to her policy, or even a third-party creating
data that belongs to her – for example, a lab analyzing medical tests.
The resulting encrypted data can be uploaded to IPFS, Swarm, S3,
or any other storage layer.
3. Ursula, a miner, receives the access policy and stands ready to
3. A group of Ursulas, which are nodes of the NuCypher network,
receive the access policy and stand ready to
re-encrypt data in exchange for payment in fees and block rewards.
Thanks to the use of proxy re-encryption,
Ursula and the storage layer never have access to Alice's plaintext data.
Ursulas and the storage layer never have access to Alice's plaintext data.
4. Bob, a data recipient, sends an access request to the NuCypher network.
If the policy is satisfied, the data is re-encrypted to his public key