Hongliang Tian, Jiaming Wang^*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.78, No.2, pp. 1611-1629, 2024, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.046698

Abstract Blockchain, known for its secure encrypted ledger, has garnered attention in financial and data transfer realms, including the field of energy trading. However, the decentralized nature and identity anonymity of user nodes raise uncertainties in energy transactions. The broadcast consensus authentication slows transaction speeds, and frequent single-point transactions in multi-node settings pose key exposure risks without protective measures during user signing. To address these, an alliance blockchain scheme is proposed, reducing the resource-intensive identity verification among nodes. It integrates multi-signature functionality to fortify user resources and transaction security. A novel multi-signature process within this framework involves neutral nodes established through… More >

G. Uganya^*, Radhika Baskar

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.45, No.1, pp. 641-658, 2023, DOI:10.32604/csse.2023.028341

Abstract Internet of Things (IoT) is an emerging technology that moves the world in the direction of smart things. But, IoT security is the complex problem due to its centralized architecture, and limited capacity. So, blockchain technology has great attention due to its features of decentralized architecture, transparency, immutable records and cryptography hash functions when combining with IoT. Cryptography hash algorithms are very important in blockchain technology for secure transmission. It converts the variable size inputs to a fixed size hash output which is unchangeable. Existing cryptography hash algorithms with digital signature have issues of single node accessibility and accessed up… More >