What the Protocol Does

What the Roru Protocol Does

The Roru Protocol is the foundational layer that defines how private transactions work. This guide explains what the protocol does and how it enables privacy for users.

Overview

Purpose of the Protocol

The Roru Protocol:

  • Defines Privacy Rules: Establishes privacy guarantees

  • Manages Shielded State: Maintains private global state

  • Enables Transactions: Enables private transactions

  • Prevents Double-Spending: Prevents fraud and double-spending

  • Settles on Blockchains: Connects to public blockchains

Core Functions

Privacy:

  • Hides transaction amounts

  • Hides transaction parties

  • Makes transactions unlinkable

  • Protects metadata

Security:

  • Prevents double-spending

  • Verifies transaction validity

  • Maintains state integrity

  • Ensures security

Settlement:

  • Connects to blockchains

  • Settles transactions

  • Maintains compatibility

  • Enables multi-chain

Shielded State Management

What is Shielded State?

Private Global State:

  • All balances are hidden

  • Represented as commitments

  • Cannot see actual amounts

  • Privacy maintained

How It Works:

  • Notes represent balances

  • Notes are commitments

  • Amounts are hidden

  • Owners are hidden

State Updates

Transaction Processing:

  • Old notes spent (marked)

  • New notes created

  • State updated

  • Privacy maintained

Efficiency:

  • Efficient updates

  • Scalable design

  • Fast processing

  • Optimized

Transaction Privacy

How Privacy Works

Zero-Knowledge Proofs:

  • Prove transaction is valid

  • Reveal no information

  • Cryptographically secure

  • Privacy guaranteed

Shielded Notes:

  • Amounts hidden

  • Owners hidden

  • Cannot be analyzed

  • Complete privacy

Unlinkability:

  • Transactions unlinkable

  • Cannot correlate

  • No transaction graph

  • Privacy maintained

Double-Spend Prevention

How It Works

Nullifiers:

  • Each spent note creates nullifier

  • Nullifiers prevent reuse

  • Cannot spend same note twice

  • Security maintained

Verification:

  • Network checks nullifiers

  • Prevents double-spending

  • Ensures validity

  • Complete security

Multi-Chain Settlement

How Settlement Works

Adapter Layer:

  • Each chain has adapter

  • Handles chain specifics

  • Abstracts differences

  • Unified interface

Settlement Process:

  • Transactions settled on blockchain

  • Privacy maintained

  • Fast settlement

  • Efficient

Privacy Guarantees

What the Protocol Guarantees

Mathematical Guarantees:

  • Amount hiding

  • Party hiding

  • Unlinkability

  • Metadata protection

Cryptographic Security:

  • Based on cryptography

  • Cannot be broken

  • Mathematical proofs

  • Complete security

User Benefits

What Users Get

Privacy:

  • Complete privacy

  • No exposure

  • Protected transactions

  • Privacy guaranteed

Security:

  • Double-spend prevention

  • State integrity

  • Transaction validity

  • Complete security

Functionality:

  • Fast transactions

  • Low fees

  • Multi-chain support

  • Full functionality

Conclusion

The Roru Protocol:

  • Enables Privacy: Makes transactions private

  • Ensures Security: Prevents fraud and attacks

  • Settles Transactions: Connects to blockchains

  • Maintains State: Manages shielded state

  • Provides Guarantees: Mathematical privacy guarantees

The protocol works behind the scenes to provide you with private, secure cryptocurrency transactions while maintaining compatibility with public blockchains.

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