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Key management for blockchain technology
Author(s) -
Om Pal,
Bashir Alam,
Vinay Thakur,
Surendra Singh
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
ict express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.733
H-Index - 22
ISSN - 2405-9595
DOI - 10.1016/j.icte.2019.08.002
Subject(s) - blockchain , public key infrastructure , computer security , key management , public key cryptography , key (lock) , computer science , confidentiality , cryptography , encryption
Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) is used in Blockchain Technology to authenticate the entities and to ensure the integrity of the blockchain. Proper Protection of Bitcoin wallet is required for private keys, seeds and keys stored in external hardware in Blockchain infrastructure. In this paper, overview of Blockchain, analysis of existing PKI for Blockchain and key management for Blockchain wallet are discussed. To achieve the confidentiality of sensitive records over the Blockchain network, a Group Key Management scheme for secure group communication is also proposed.

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