A Smart Contract for Boardroom Voting with Maximum Voter Privacy

被引：257

作者：

McCorry, Patrick ^{[1
]}

Shahandashti, Siamak F. ^{[1
]}

Hao, Feng ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Newcastle Univ, Sch Comp Sci, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear, England

来源：

FINANCIAL CRYPTOGRAPHY AND DATA SECURITY, FC 2017 | 2017年 / 10322卷

基金：

欧洲研究理事会;

关键词：

D O I：

10.1007/978-3-319-70972-7_20

中图分类号：

TP [自动化技术、计算机技术];

学科分类号：

0812 ;

摘要：

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 selftallying 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.

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