Ang Liu^1,2, Xiu-Bo Chen^1,*, Gang Xu³, Zhuo Wang⁴, Xuefen Feng⁵, Huamin Feng⁶

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.76, No.1, pp. 259-277, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.039397

Abstract The rapid advancement of quantum technology poses significant security risks to blockchain systems. However, quantum technology can also provide solutions for enhancing blockchain security. In this paper, we propose a quantum-enhanced blockchain scheme to achieve a high level of security against quantum computing attacks. We first discuss quantum computing attacks on classic blockchains, including attacks on hash functions, digital signatures, and consensus mechanisms. We then introduce quantum technologies, such as a quantum hash function (QHF), a quantum digital signature (QDS), and proof of authority (PoA) consensus mechanism, into our scheme to improve the security of the blockchain system. Our security… More >

Jiansheng Zhang¹, Yang Xin^1,*, Yuyan Wang², Xiaohui Lei², Yixian Yang¹

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.75, No.3, pp. 6323-6336, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.034668

Abstract With the increasing use of distributed electric vehicles (EV), energy management in the Internet of vehicles (IoV) has attracted more attention, especially demand response (DR) management to achieve efficient energy management in IoV. Therefore, it is a tendency to introduce distributed energy such as renewable energy into the existing supply system. For optimizing the energy internet (EI) for IoV, in this paper, we introduce blockchain into energy internet and propose a secure EI scheme for IoV based on post-quantum blockchain, which provides the new information services and an incentive cooperation mechanism for the current energy IoV system. Firstly, based on… More >

Meng-Wei Zhang¹, Xiu-Bo Chen¹, Haseeb Ahmad², Gang Xu^3,4,*, Yi-Xian Yang¹

Journal of Cyber Security, Vol.4, No.1, pp. 29-39, 2022, DOI:10.32604/jcs.2022.027693

Abstract Blockchain has a profound impact on all areas of society by virtue of its immutability, decentralization and other characteristics. However, blockchain faces the problem of data privacy leakage during the application process, and the rapid development of quantum computing also brings the threat of quantum attack to blockchain. In this paper, we propose a lattice-based certificateless fully homomorphic encryption (LCFHE) algorithm based on approximate eigenvector firstly. And we use the lattice-based delegate algorithm and preimage sampling algorithm to extract part of the private key based on certificateless scheme, which is composed of the private key together with the secret value… More >

Gang Xu^1,2, Yibo Cao¹, Shiyuan Xu¹, Ke Xiao¹, Xin Liu³, Xiubo Chen^4,*, Mianxiong Dong⁵

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.41, No.3, pp. 945-958, 2022, DOI:10.32604/csse.2022.022100

Abstract In recent decades, log system management has been widely studied for data security management. System abnormalities or illegal operations can be found in time by analyzing the log and provide evidence for intrusions. In order to ensure the integrity of the log in the current system, many researchers have designed it based on blockchain. However, the emerging blockchain is facing significant security challenges with the increment of quantum computers. An attacker equipped with a quantum computer can extract the user's private key from the public key to generate a forged signature, destroy the structure of the blockchain, and threaten the… More >

Xiao Zhang^{1, 2, 3}, Faguo Wu^{1, 2, 3}, Wang Yao^{1, 2, 3, *}, Wenhua Wang⁴, Zhiming Zheng^{1, 2, 3}

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.63, No.2, pp. 845-859, 2020, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2020.08008

Abstract Blockchain is an emerging decentralized architecture and distributed computing paradigm underlying Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, and has recently attracted intensive attention from governments, financial institutions, high-tech enterprises, and the capital markets. Its cryptographic security relies on asymmetric cryptography, such as ECC, RSA. However, with the surprising development of quantum technology, asymmetric cryptography schemes mentioned above would become vulnerable. Recently, lattice-based cryptography scheme was proposed to be secure against attacks in the quantum era. In 2018, with the aid of Bonsai Trees technology, Yin et al. [Yin, Wen, Li et al. (2018)] proposed a lattice-based authentication method which can extend a… More >

Chuntang Li¹, Yinsong Xu¹, Jiahao Tang¹, Wenjie Liu^1,2,*

Journal of Quantum Computing, Vol.1, No.2, pp. 49-63, 2019, DOI:10.32604/jqc.2019.06715

Abstract Quantum blockchain can be understood as a decentralized, encrypted and distributed database based on quantum computation and quantum information theory. Once the data is recorded in the quantum blockchain, it will not be maliciously tampered with. In recent years, the development of quantum computation and quantum information theory makes more and more researchers focus on the research of quantum blockchain. In this paper, we review the developments in the field of quantum blockchain, and briefly analyze its advantages compared with the classical blockchain. The construction and the framework of the quantum blockchain are introduced. Then we introduce the method of… More >