Abstract
Although the advanced technology stack of blockchain leads to the prosperity of its applications, the underlying mechanism of blockchain interoperability remains stagnant. Targeting at the efficiency and verification problems of existing cross-blockchain mechanisms, we design a Cross-Blockchain Information Synchronization and Verification (CISV) mode. In CISV, Cross-chain Information Synchronization (CIS) uses the design of touch block to provide high synchronization rate within low network delay, while Cross-chain Information Verification (CIV) applies ECC cryptography algorithm and Secure Multi-party Computation (SMC) to guarantee the accuracy and privacy of cross-chain information. Experiments executed on three mainstream blockchains (Ethereum, Hyperledger Fabric, and EOS) show that CISV has a reliable performance in blockchain interoperability with strong expansibility.
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The authors would like to thank the anonymous reviewers for their elaborate reviews and feedback. This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 61906099), the Open Fund of Key Laboratory of Urban Land Resources Monitoring and Simulation, Ministry of Natural Resources (No. KF-2019-04-065).
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Gu, Y., Sun, G., Wang, J., Liu, K., Zhou, C., You, X. (2021). CISV: A Cross-Blockchain Information Synchronization and Verification Mode. In: Gao, W., et al. Intelligent Computing and Block Chain. FICC 2020. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1385. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-1160-5_19
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