App. Res. of Comp. Accepted Paper
Vol. 41, 2024 No. 8

Review of research on blockchain privacy protection technologies

Tan Pengliu
Xu Teng
Yang Sijia
Tao Zhihui
School of Software, Nanchang Hangkong University, JiangXi Nanchang 330063, China
DOI: 10.19734/j.issn.1001-3695.2023.12.0603

Abstract

In recent years, blockchain has attracted increasing attention in both academic and industrial circles, and the privacy of blockchain remains a controversial issue when deploying blockchain in different applications. This paper systematically reviews the current privacy protection schemes and mechanisms in blockchain, and gives insights into the security and privacy of blockchain. Firstly, this paper briefly introduces the main functions, types and privacy definitions of blockchain technology, and analyzes the privacy issues it faces. Then, from a technical perspective, this paper divides blockchain privacy protection technology into four categories: decentralized identity authentication, privacy protocol, encryption technology and obfuscation technology, as well as eight sub-categories: decentralized identity authentication, secure multi-party computation, differential privacy, homomorphic encryption, zero-knowledge proof, coin mixing technology, ring signature and anonymous communication. This paper studies them separately, and summarizes the mechanisms of different privacy protection technologies on permissioned and permissionless blockchains. Finally, we conduct qualitative research on the main characteristics and attributes of the eight privacy protection technologies, and discuss future research directions of privacy protection technologies. The research provides reference for blockchain developers to choose appropriate privacy protection schemes and for researchers to choose research directions for blockchain privacy protection.

Foundation Support

国家自然科学基金资助项目(61961029)

Publish Information

DOI: 10.19734/j.issn.1001-3695.2023.12.0603
Publish at: Application Research of Computers Accepted Paper, Vol. 41, 2024 No. 8

Publish History

[2024-03-07] Accepted Paper

Cite This Article

谭朋柳, 徐滕, 杨思佳, 等. 区块链隐私保护技术研究综述 [J]. 计算机应用研究, 2024, 41 (8). (2024-04-10). https://doi.org/10.19734/j.issn.1001-3695.2023.12.0603. (Tan Pengliu, Xu Teng, Yang Sijia, et al. Review of research on blockchain privacy protection technologies [J]. Application Research of Computers, 2024, 41 (8). (2024-04-10). https://doi.org/10.19734/j.issn.1001-3695.2023.12.0603. )

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