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Transferable Quantum Cheque Scheme Based on Quantum Public-Key Cryptography

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Based on the quantum public-key cryptosystem, a transferable quantum cheque scheme is proposed. In our scheme, the bank is a trusted third party who acts as a key generation center and issues quantum blank cheque. The payer makes a payment to the payee by signing the quantum cheque with the private key, and the payee can verify the cheque with the payer’s public key locally. The cheque can be transferred many times between different customers. The transfer and verification phases do not require the help of the bank. Hence, the cheque needs to be cleared only once, which reduces the workload on the bank. Security analysis results show that the proposed quantum cheque scheme is impossible to forge, double spend and repudiate.

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This work is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61772134, 61701553), National Social Science Foundation of China (21BZZ108), National Defense Science and Technology Innovation Special Zone Project (No. 18-163-11-ZT-002-045-04) and the Open Foundation of State key Laboratory of Networking and Switching Technology (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications) (SKLNST-2018-1-03).

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  1. School of Information, Central University of Finance and Economics, 102206, Beijing, China

    Hui-Min Chen, Heng-Yue Jia, Xia Wu & Xiu-Li Wang

  2. State key Laboratory of Networking and Switching Technology, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, 100876, Beijing, China

    Heng-Yue Jia

  3. College of Mathematics and Informatics, Fujian Normal University, 350007, Fuzhou, China

    Heng-Yue Jia

  4. Engineering Research Center of State Financial Security, Ministry of Education, Central University of Finance and Economics, 102206, Beijing, China

    Xia Wu & Xiu-Li Wang

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Chen, HM., Jia, HY., Wu, X. et al. Transferable Quantum Cheque Scheme Based on Quantum Public-Key Cryptography. Int J Theor Phys 61, 210 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10773-022-05195-7

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