Regulation-Friendly Privacy-Preserving Blockchain Based on zk-SNARK

Lei Xu*, Yuewei Zhang, Liehuang Zhu

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Recently, blockchain has attracted much attention from industries, due to its good characteristics such as decentralization and tamper proofing. To ensure that sensitive transaction data are not disclosed to the public, many privacy protection methods have been proposed for blockchain, which generally conflicts with regulatory requirements. To resolve such a conflict, in this paper we propose a privacy-preserving account-based blockchain system which supports auditing on transactions. The proposed system protects the privacy of a transaction via homomorphic encryption. The validity of the transaction is guaranteed via zero-knowledge proof. Especially, details of a transaction are presented in form of ciphertexts on the public ledger, which can be decrypted by regulatory authorities. We have implemented a demo of the proposed system using the Substrate framework. Simulation results show that the system has acceptable performance.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvanced Information Systems Engineering Workshops - CAiSE 2023 International Workshops, Proceedings
EditorsMarcela Ruiz, Pnina Soffer
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages167-177
Number of pages11
ISBN (Print)9783031349843
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023
Event1st International Workshop on Hybrid Artificial Intelligence and Enterprise Modelling for Intelligent Information Systems, HybridAIMS, 1st Workshop on Knowledge Graphs for Semantics-Driven Systems Engineering, KG4SDSE, Blockchain and Decentralized Governance Design for Information Systems, BC4IS and DGD, associated with the 35th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering, CAiSE 2023 - Zaragoza, Spain
Duration: 12 Jun 202316 Jun 2023

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Business Information Processing
Volume482
ISSN (Print)1865-1348
ISSN (Electronic)1865-1356

Conference

Conference1st International Workshop on Hybrid Artificial Intelligence and Enterprise Modelling for Intelligent Information Systems, HybridAIMS, 1st Workshop on Knowledge Graphs for Semantics-Driven Systems Engineering, KG4SDSE, Blockchain and Decentralized Governance Design for Information Systems, BC4IS and DGD, associated with the 35th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering, CAiSE 2023
Country/TerritorySpain
CityZaragoza
Period12/06/2316/06/23

Keywords

  • Blockchain
  • Homomorphic Encryption
  • Privacy Preserving
  • Regulation Compliance
  • Zk-SNARK

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