TY - JOUR
T1 - zk-DASTARK: A quantum-resistant, data authentication and zero-knowledge proof scheme for protecting data feed to smart contracts
AU - HABIB CHAUDHRY, USAMA
AU - ARSHAD, RAZI
AU - Khalid, Ayesha
AU - Ghosh Ray, Indranil
AU - HUSSAIN, MEHDI
PY - 2025/1/15
Y1 - 2025/1/15
N2 - With the emergence of blockchain and smart contracts, traditional digital applications such as supply chain management, identity management, banking and finance etc. are expected to be transformed into Decentralized Applications (DApps). Blockchain interoperability is a new and exciting aspect of blockchain technology that is quickly gaining popularity in many industries. However, the widespread use of blockchains has not yet been achieved because DApps running on blockchain using smart contracts, require access to authentic off-chain data. Users are more conscious of their personal data privacy and consequently are more reluctant to share their personal data, posing a challenge in the adoption of DApps. To solve this challenge, we present a novel quantum-resistant, data authentication and zero knowledge proof scheme named zk-DASTARK. Our scheme is an extension of zk-STARK, with data authentication scheme. Based on our proposed scheme, we present a novel framework which can be used to feed authenticated off-chain data to DApps without compromising user data privacy. Our proposed framework is efficient against well-known off-chain data authentication frameworks. The proposed framework is implemented on state of the art quantum-resistant IOTA Blockchain and is highly efficient as it takes approximately 60 ms to generate a proof and approximately 10 ms to verify a proof.
AB - With the emergence of blockchain and smart contracts, traditional digital applications such as supply chain management, identity management, banking and finance etc. are expected to be transformed into Decentralized Applications (DApps). Blockchain interoperability is a new and exciting aspect of blockchain technology that is quickly gaining popularity in many industries. However, the widespread use of blockchains has not yet been achieved because DApps running on blockchain using smart contracts, require access to authentic off-chain data. Users are more conscious of their personal data privacy and consequently are more reluctant to share their personal data, posing a challenge in the adoption of DApps. To solve this challenge, we present a novel quantum-resistant, data authentication and zero knowledge proof scheme named zk-DASTARK. Our scheme is an extension of zk-STARK, with data authentication scheme. Based on our proposed scheme, we present a novel framework which can be used to feed authenticated off-chain data to DApps without compromising user data privacy. Our proposed framework is efficient against well-known off-chain data authentication frameworks. The proposed framework is implemented on state of the art quantum-resistant IOTA Blockchain and is highly efficient as it takes approximately 60 ms to generate a proof and approximately 10 ms to verify a proof.
M3 - Article
SN - 0045-7906
JO - Computers & Electrical Engineering
JF - Computers & Electrical Engineering
ER -