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A Novel E-payment Protocol Implented by Blockchain and Quantum Signature

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Based on blockchain and quantum signature, a novel E-payment protocol is proposed in this paper. Our E-payment protocol could protect user’s anonymity as the traditional E-payment systems do, and also have unconditional security which the classical E-payment systems can not provide. Our scheme adopt the techniques of blockchain, quantum key distribution, one-time pad and quantum proxy blind signature. Furthermore, compared with the existing quantum E-payment systems, the blockchain technology is introduced to make our scheme more secure.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No. U1304614, U1204703), Henan Province Education Science Plan General Topic “Research on Trusted Degree Certification Based on Block-chain” (Grant No.(2018)-JKGHYB-0279), Zhengzhou Innovative Science and Technology Talent Team Construction Project Fund Project(Grant No.131PCXTD597), Henan Science and Technology Project(Grant No.162102310238).

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Zhang, JL., Hu, MS., Jia, ZJ. et al. A Novel E-payment Protocol Implented by Blockchain and Quantum Signature. Int J Theor Phys 58, 1315–1325 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10773-019-04024-8

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