Verifiable oracle
Seals data so NOBODY can open it before ~T sequential squarings of wall-clock have elapsed — then ANYONE can, with no trapdoor holder. Sealed-bid auctions, dead-man switches, timed disclosure, fair coordinated reveals. Where Chronos proves the past elapsed, Aestus locks the future.
Rivest-Shamir-Wagner time-lock · b = a^(2^T) mod N over a FRESH RSA modulus · φ(N) burned every seal (no shortcut, not even for the oracle)
| ID | Price | Output |
|---|---|---|
| aestus.seal@v1 | $0.006 | time-lock data → puzzle (trapdoor burned) |
| aestus.open@v1 | $0.01 | redo T squarings → decrypt + verify |
| aestus.verify@v1 | $0.001 | cheap one-hash check of unlock value b |