Compact E-Cash with Efficient Coin-Tracing

【Author】 Lian, Bin; Chen, Gongliang; Cui, Jialin; Ma, Maode

【Source】IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON DEPENDABLE AND SECURE COMPUTING

【影响因子】6.791

【Abstract】Compact E-cash achieves an efficient system by withdrawing 2(n) coins within O(1) operations and storing the coins in OonTHORN bits. For preventing a double-spender from cheating again, it is necessary to trace his e-coins. So full-tracing in compact E-cash system means tracing double-spender and tracing his coins. However, the efficiency problem caused by coin-tracing without TTP (trusted third party) has not been solved. For solving this problem, we introduce a non-standard construction into zero-knowledge proof of payment protocol, which leaks coin information when double-spending but is proven to be perfect zero-knowledge to verifier when spending a coin only once. Therefore, it achieves tracing dishonest users' coins and preserving the anonymity of honest users. Comparing with the existing most efficient method of coin-tracing without TTP, we improve computational complexity from O(k) to O(1) with less storage space. In addition, to improve efficiency and practicality further, batch-spending (spending any number of coins in one operation) and compact-spending (spending all coins in one operation) had been proposed. Based on the non-standard zero-knowledge proof, our scheme provides more efficient batch/compact-spending. Moreover, we also make a comparison with Bitcoin and Bitcoin Lightning Network, which have attracted considerable attention.

【Keywords】Compact e-cash; full-tracing; without TTP; non-standard construction; zero-knowledge proof; batch/compact-spending

【发表时间】2021 2022-01-01

【收录时间】2022-01-02

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