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McCorry, Patrick, Shahandashti, Siamak F. and Hao, Feng (2017) A smart contract for boardroom voting with maximum voter privacy. In: 21st International Conference on Financial Cryptography and Data Security (FC17), Sliema, Malta, 3-7 Apr 2017. Published in: Financial Cryptography and Data Security. FC 2017., 10322 pp. 357-375. ISBN 9783319709710. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-70972-7_20
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70972-7_20
Abstract
We present the first implementation of a decentralised and self-tallying internet voting protocol with maximum voter privacy using the Blockchain. The Open Vote Network is suitable for boardroom elections and is written as a smart contract for Ethereum. Unlike previously proposed Blockchain e-voting protocols, this is the first implementation that does not rely on any trusted authority to compute the tally or to protect the voter’s privacy. Instead, the Open Vote Network is a self- tallying protocol, and each voter is in control of the privacy of their own vote such that it can only be breached by a full collusion involving all other voters. The execution of the protocol is enforced using the consensus mechanism that also secures the Ethereum blockchain. We tested the implementation on Ethereum’s official test network to demonstrate its feasibility. Also, we provide a financial and computational breakdown of its execution cost.
Item Type: | Conference Item (Paper) | ||||||
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Subjects: | J Political Science > JC Political theory Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA76 Electronic computers. Computer science. Computer software |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Computer Science | ||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Internet voting, Blockchains (Databases) | ||||||
Series Name: | Lecture Notes in Computer Science | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Financial Cryptography and Data Security. FC 2017. | ||||||
Publisher: | Springer | ||||||
ISBN: | 9783319709710 | ||||||
Official Date: | 23 December 2017 | ||||||
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Volume: | 10322 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 357-375 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-319-70972-7_20 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 20 December 2018 | ||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 20 December 2018 | ||||||
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Conference Paper Type: | Paper | ||||||
Title of Event: | 21st International Conference on Financial Cryptography and Data Security (FC17) | ||||||
Type of Event: | Conference | ||||||
Location of Event: | Sliema, Malta | ||||||
Date(s) of Event: | 3-7 Apr 2017 | ||||||
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