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A Lattice-Based Anonymous Distributed E-Cash from Bitcoin

  • Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen
  • Peng Cheng Laboratory
  • Shenzhen Network Security Testing Technology Co. Ltd

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Abstract

Although Bitcoin was the first widely adopted cryptographic currency system, it provides a limited form of anonymity and privacy. To protect the anonymity and privacy of Bitcoin transactions, many Bitcoin-based cryptocurrency extensions were proposed. However, most of the systems with anonymity and privacy are based on traditional cryptographic algorithms, which may become insecure in the next decades due to the attack of quantum computing. In this paper, we propose a lattice-based distributed e-cash scheme protecting payer’s anonymity, which is built upon the framework of Zerocoin and lattice-based zero-knowledge argument. Firstly, payer who owes a transaction redeems it to a newly-minted coin. Secondly, to pay for the next transaction, he/she collects a set of such coins to hide his owns, which can further hide his/her identity. Thirdly, to prove that the payer has one of the coins and no attempts to double-spend have occurred, we adapt a zero-knowledge argument of membership based on a lattice-based accumulator and a commitment protocol. Finally, the security proof of the scheme are given.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProvable Security - 13th International Conference, ProvSec 2019, Proceedings
EditorsRon Steinfeld, Tsz Hon Yuen
PublisherSpringer
Pages275-287
Number of pages13
ISBN (Print)9783030319182
DOIs
StatePublished - 2019
Externally publishedYes
Event13th International Conference on Provable and Practical Security, ProvSec 2019 - Cairns, Australia
Duration: 1 Oct 20194 Oct 2019

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume11821 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference13th International Conference on Provable and Practical Security, ProvSec 2019
Country/TerritoryAustralia
CityCairns
Period1/10/194/10/19

Keywords

  • Anonymity
  • Bitcoin
  • Lattice-based cryptocurrency
  • Zero-knowledge argument

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