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A Blockchain Smart Contract Based on Light- Weighted Quantum Blind Signature

Authors :
Zhengying Cai
Jing Qu
Pingping Liu
Jiao Yu
Source :
IEEE Access, Vol 7, Pp 138657-138668 (2019)
Publication Year :
2019
Publisher :
IEEE, 2019.

Abstract

To improve the security performance of blockchain smart contracts against quantum attacks, a smart contract based on light-weighted quantum blind signature is proposed here. Firstly, a smart contract architecture is built after the discussion of related researches, and information processing and information transmitting for quantum blind signature are analyzed. Secondly, the life cycle and signature rules of quantum blind signature for smart contracts are presented. Thirdly, a quantum blind signature protocol for single signer in light-weighted smart contract is put forward, where its algorithm design and business flow are introduced in detail before the security performance of the proposed algorithm is analyzed. Fourthly, based on the former single-person signature algorithm, a more complex multi-person quantum blind signature algorithm is proposed, and its security is also analyzed. Fifthly, related references are compared to verify the proposed method. The proposed quantum signature schemes based on quantum entanglement features can be used in single signer case or more, and will improve the security of blockchain smart contracts against quantum attacks, but with light-weighted structure and no need of any trusted third party or arbitrary institute. Finally, some suggestions for engineering applications and the research results are summarized and the future research is prospected.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
21693536
Volume :
7
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
IEEE Access
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.220ee723d3c54b4e9b35f19b2e2c2d3d
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2941153