Blockchain, as a decentralized and distributed public ledger technology in peer-to-peer
network, has received considerable attention recently. It applies a linked block structure to …

Permissionless blockchain, as a kind of distributed ledger, has gained considerable
attention because of its openness, transparency, decentralization, and immutability …

As an innovated and revolutionized technology, blockchain has been applied in many fields,
such as cryptocurrency, food traceability, identity management, or even market prediction …

Besides attracting a billion dollar economy, Bitcoin revolutionized the field of digital
currencies and influenced many adjacent areas. This also induced significant scientific …

This article introduces a method of hiding transaction amounts in the strongly decentralized
anonymous cryptocurrency Monero. Similar to Bitcoin, Monero is a cryptocurrency which is …

Bitcoin is the most widely known distributed, peer-to-peer payment network without
existence of a central authority. In Bitcoin, users do not use real names; instead …

In this work, we initially study the necessary properties and security requirements of Ring
Confidential Transaction (RingCT) protocol deployed in the popular anonymous …

Blockchain, as one of the crypto-intensive creatures, has become a very hot topic recently.
Although many surveys have recently been dedicated to the security and privacy issues of …

Blockchain is a technology that was proposed to enable the decentralized digital currency,
Bitcoin. Since its inception, blockchain has been widely used in many other areas, including …

Privacy and anonymity are important desiderata in the use of cryptocurrencies. Monero—a
privacy centric cryptocurrency has rapidly gained popularity due to its unlinkability and …