diff --git a/src/transaction/input.rs b/src/transaction/input.rs
index 06672e5..51feb59 100644
--- a/src/transaction/input.rs
+++ b/src/transaction/input.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // This SAFE Network Software is licensed under the BSD-3-Clause license.
 // Please see the LICENSE file for more details.
 
-use bls_bulletproofs::{group::GroupEncoding, rand::RngCore, PedersenGens};
+use bls_bulletproofs::{group::GroupEncoding, PedersenGens};
 use blsttc::{PublicKey, SecretKey, Signature};
 
 #[cfg(feature = "serde")]
@@ -37,30 +37,18 @@ impl RevealedInput {
         &self.revealed_commitment
     }
 
-    /// Generate a pseudo-commitment to the input amount
-    pub fn random_pseudo_commitment(&self, rng: impl RngCore) -> RevealedCommitment {
-        RevealedCommitment::from_value(self.revealed_commitment.value, rng)
-    }
-
     pub fn commitment(&self, pc_gens: &PedersenGens) -> Commitment {
         self.revealed_commitment.commit(pc_gens)
     }
 
-    pub fn sign(
-        &self,
-        msg: &[u8],
-        revealed_pseudo_commitment: &RevealedCommitment,
-        pc_gens: &PedersenGens,
-    ) -> Input {
+    pub fn sign(&self, msg: &[u8], pc_gens: &PedersenGens) -> Input {
         let public_key = self.public_key();
         let commitment = self.commitment(pc_gens);
-        let pseudo_commitment = revealed_pseudo_commitment.commit(pc_gens);
         let signature = self.secret_key.sign(msg);
 
         Input {
             public_key,
             commitment,
-            pseudo_commitment,
             signature,
         }
     }
@@ -71,7 +59,6 @@ impl RevealedInput {
 pub struct Input {
     pub public_key: PublicKey,
     pub commitment: Commitment,
-    pub pseudo_commitment: Commitment,
     pub signature: Signature,
 }
 
@@ -80,15 +67,10 @@ impl Input {
         let mut v: Vec<u8> = Default::default();
         v.extend(self.public_key.to_bytes().as_ref());
         v.extend(self.commitment.to_bytes().as_ref());
-        v.extend(self.pseudo_commitment.to_bytes().as_ref());
         v.extend(self.signature.to_bytes().as_ref());
         v
     }
 
-    pub fn pseudo_commitment(&self) -> Commitment {
-        self.pseudo_commitment
-    }
-
     pub fn public_key(&self) -> PublicKey {
         self.public_key
     }
diff --git a/src/transaction/output.rs b/src/transaction/output.rs
index 0e58404..2642470 100644
--- a/src/transaction/output.rs
+++ b/src/transaction/output.rs
@@ -80,32 +80,30 @@ impl RevealedTransaction {
     ) -> Result<(DbcTransaction, Vec<RevealedCommitment>)> {
         // We need to gather a bunch of things for our message to sign.
         //   All public keys in all inputs
-        //   All PseudoCommitments
+        //   All input commitments
         //   All output public keys.
         //   All output commitments
         //   All output range proofs
         //
         //   notes:
-        //     1. the real pk is randomly mixed with decoys by MlsagMaterial
-        //     2. output commitments, range_proofs, and public_keys are bundled
+        //     1. output commitments, range_proofs, and public_keys are bundled
         //        together in OutputProofs
-        //     3. all these must be generated in proper order
-        let revealed_pseudo_commitments = self.revealed_pseudo_commitments(&mut rng);
-        let pseudo_commitments = self.pseudo_commitments(&revealed_pseudo_commitments);
+        let revealed_input_commitments = self.revealed_input_commitments();
+        let input_commitments = self.input_commitments();
+
         let revealed_output_commitments =
-            self.revealed_output_commitments(&revealed_pseudo_commitments, &mut rng);
+            self.revealed_output_commitments(&revealed_input_commitments, &mut rng);
         let output_proofs = self.output_range_proofs(&revealed_output_commitments, &mut rng)?;
 
         // Generate message to sign.
         // note: must match message generated by DbcTransaction::verify()
-        let msg = gen_message_for_signing(&self.public_keys(), &pseudo_commitments, &output_proofs);
+        let msg = gen_message_for_signing(&self.public_keys(), &input_commitments, &output_proofs);
 
         // We create a signature for each input
         let signed_inputs: Vec<Input> = self
             .inputs
             .iter()
-            .zip(revealed_pseudo_commitments.iter())
-            .map(|(input, r)| input.sign(&msg, r, &Self::pc_gens()))
+            .map(|input| input.sign(&msg, &Self::pc_gens()))
             .collect();
 
         let revealed_output_commitments = revealed_output_commitments
@@ -134,26 +132,23 @@ impl RevealedTransaction {
         self.inputs.iter().map(|input| input.public_key()).collect()
     }
 
-    fn revealed_pseudo_commitments(&self, mut rng: impl RngCore) -> Vec<RevealedCommitment> {
+    fn revealed_input_commitments(&self) -> Vec<RevealedCommitment> {
         self.inputs
             .iter()
-            .map(|input| input.random_pseudo_commitment(&mut rng))
+            .map(|input| *input.revealed_commitment())
             .collect()
     }
 
-    fn pseudo_commitments(
-        &self,
-        revealed_pseudo_commitments: &[RevealedCommitment],
-    ) -> Vec<Commitment> {
-        revealed_pseudo_commitments
+    fn input_commitments(&self) -> Vec<Commitment> {
+        self.inputs
             .iter()
-            .map(|r| r.commit(&Self::pc_gens()))
+            .map(|input| input.commitment(&Self::pc_gens()))
             .collect()
     }
 
     fn revealed_output_commitments(
         &self,
-        revealed_pseudo_commitments: &[RevealedCommitment],
+        revealed_input_commitments: &[RevealedCommitment],
         mut rng: impl RngCore,
     ) -> Vec<RevealedOutputCommitment> {
         // avoid subtraction underflow in next step.
@@ -172,7 +167,7 @@ impl RevealedTransaction {
             .collect();
 
         // todo: replace fold() with sum() when supported in blstrs
-        let input_sum: Scalar = revealed_pseudo_commitments
+        let input_sum: Scalar = revealed_input_commitments
             .iter()
             .map(RevealedCommitment::blinding)
             .fold(Scalar::zero(), |sum, x| sum + x);
@@ -235,7 +230,7 @@ impl RevealedTransaction {
 //       which must match.
 fn gen_message_for_signing(
     public_keys: &[PublicKey],
-    pseudo_commitments: &[Commitment],
+    input_commitments: &[Commitment],
     output_proofs: &[OutputProof],
 ) -> Vec<u8> {
     // Generate message to sign.
@@ -243,7 +238,7 @@ fn gen_message_for_signing(
     for pk in public_keys.iter() {
         msg.extend(pk.to_bytes().as_ref());
     }
-    for r in pseudo_commitments.iter() {
+    for r in input_commitments.iter() {
         msg.extend(r.to_bytes().as_ref());
     }
     for o in output_proofs.iter() {
@@ -328,11 +323,10 @@ impl DbcTransaction {
         // All public keys
         let public_keys: Vec<PublicKey> = self.inputs.iter().map(|m| m.public_key).collect();
 
-        // All PseudoCommitments.
-        let pseudo_commitments: Vec<Commitment> =
-            self.inputs.iter().map(|m| m.pseudo_commitment).collect();
+        // All input commitments
+        let input_commitments: Vec<Commitment> = self.inputs.iter().map(|i| i.commitment).collect();
 
-        gen_message_for_signing(&public_keys, &pseudo_commitments, &self.outputs)
+        gen_message_for_signing(&public_keys, &input_commitments, &self.outputs)
     }
 
     pub fn verify(&self, public_commitments: &[Commitment]) -> Result<()> {
@@ -372,7 +366,7 @@ impl DbcTransaction {
         let input_sum: G1Projective = self
             .inputs
             .iter()
-            .map(Input::pseudo_commitment)
+            .map(|i| i.commitment)
             .map(G1Projective::from)
             .sum();
         let output_sum: G1Projective = self