Simulation of Transaction Malleability Attack for Blockchain-based e-Voting
Khan, Kashif Mehboob and Arshad, Junaid and Khan, Muhammad Mubashir (2020) Simulation of Transaction Malleability Attack for Blockchain-based e-Voting. Computers and Electrical Engineering, 83 (May 20). ISSN 0045-7906
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Abstract
Blockchain has been adopted to address significant challenges, such as trust in diverse domains, including voting, logistics and finance. However, transaction malleability has been identified as a threat for blockchain, which can potentially lead to an inconsistent state that can result in further attacks such as double-spending. In this context, this paper is focused on
investigating the feasibility of transaction malleability within a typical blockchain application aiming to identify scenarios that may lead to a successful transaction malleability attack. Our objective in doing so is to highlight conditions which cause such attack to facilitate the development of protection mechanisms for them. Specifically, this paper presents a
successful simulation of transaction malleability attack within the context of blockchain-based electronic voting. The evaluation has identified the impact of parameters, such as network delay and block generation rate in achieving a successful transaction malleability attack, which highlights future directions of research.
| Item Type: | Article | ||||||
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| Identification Number: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compeleceng.2020.106583 | ||||||
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Blockchain, Transaction Malleability, Blockchain Security, Security Evaluation, e-Voting | ||||||
| Subjects: | CAH11 - computing > CAH11-01 - computing > CAH11-01-01 - computer science | ||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment > School of Computing and Digital Technology |
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| Depositing User: | Junaid Arshad | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 20 Feb 2020 09:32 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 22 Mar 2023 12:01 | ||||||
| URI: | https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/8924 |
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