Analysis of the Cryptographic Tools for Blockchain and Bitcoin
Blockchain is one of the most interesting emerging technologies nowadays, with applications ranging from cryptocurrencies to smart contracts. This paper presents a review of the cryptographic tools necessary to understand the fundamentals of this technology and the foundations of its security. Among...
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| author | Víctor Gayoso Martínez Luis Hernández-Álvarez Luis Hernández Encinas |
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| description | Blockchain is one of the most interesting emerging technologies nowadays, with applications ranging from cryptocurrencies to smart contracts. This paper presents a review of the cryptographic tools necessary to understand the fundamentals of this technology and the foundations of its security. Among other elements, hash functions, digital signatures, elliptic curves, and Merkle trees are reviewed in the scope of their usage as building blocks of this technology. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b94d4376ff0646798cdc43cf7303128e2022-12-22T01:07:31ZengMDPI AGMathematics2227-73902020-01-018113110.3390/math8010131math8010131Analysis of the Cryptographic Tools for Blockchain and BitcoinVíctor Gayoso Martínez0Luis Hernández-Álvarez1Luis Hernández Encinas2Institute of Physical and Information Technologies (ITEFI), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Serrano 144, 28034 Madrid, SpainInstitute of Physical and Information Technologies (ITEFI), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Serrano 144, 28034 Madrid, SpainInstitute of Physical and Information Technologies (ITEFI), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Serrano 144, 28034 Madrid, SpainBlockchain is one of the most interesting emerging technologies nowadays, with applications ranging from cryptocurrencies to smart contracts. This paper presents a review of the cryptographic tools necessary to understand the fundamentals of this technology and the foundations of its security. Among other elements, hash functions, digital signatures, elliptic curves, and Merkle trees are reviewed in the scope of their usage as building blocks of this technology.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/8/1/131asymmetric cryptographybitcoinblockchaindigital signatureelliptic curveshash functionmerkle tree |
| spellingShingle | Víctor Gayoso Martínez Luis Hernández-Álvarez Luis Hernández Encinas Analysis of the Cryptographic Tools for Blockchain and Bitcoin Mathematics asymmetric cryptography bitcoin blockchain digital signature elliptic curves hash function merkle tree |
| title | Analysis of the Cryptographic Tools for Blockchain and Bitcoin |
| title_full | Analysis of the Cryptographic Tools for Blockchain and Bitcoin |
| title_fullStr | Analysis of the Cryptographic Tools for Blockchain and Bitcoin |
| title_full_unstemmed | Analysis of the Cryptographic Tools for Blockchain and Bitcoin |
| title_short | Analysis of the Cryptographic Tools for Blockchain and Bitcoin |
| title_sort | analysis of the cryptographic tools for blockchain and bitcoin |
| topic | asymmetric cryptography bitcoin blockchain digital signature elliptic curves hash function merkle tree |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/8/1/131 |
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