Fawkescoin a cryptocurrency without public-key cryptography

Joseph Bonneau; Andrew Miller

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-12400-1_35

Fawkescoin a cryptocurrency without public-key cryptography

Joseph Bonneau, Andrew Miller

Computer Science

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We present, Fawkescoin, a simple cryptocurrency using no public-key cryptography. Our proposal utilizes the distributed consensus mechanism of Bitcoin but for transactions replaces Bitcoin’s ECDSA signatures with hash-based Guy Fawkes signatures. While this introduces a number of complexities, it demonstrates that a distributed cryptocurrency is in fact possible with only symmetric cryptographic operations with no dramatic loss of efficiency overall and several efficiency gains.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Security Protocols XXII - 22nd International Workshop, Revised Selected Papers
Editors	Frank Stajano, Vashek Matyáš, Petr Švenda, Jonathan Anderson, Bruce Christianson, James Malcolm
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	350-358
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319123998
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12400-1_35
State	Published - 2014

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Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	8809
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

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Theoretical Computer Science
General Computer Science

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Bonneau, J., & Miller, A. (2014). Fawkescoin a cryptocurrency without public-key cryptography. In F. Stajano, V. Matyáš, P. Švenda, J. Anderson, B. Christianson, & J. Malcolm (Eds.), Security Protocols XXII - 22nd International Workshop, Revised Selected Papers (pp. 350-358). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 8809). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12400-1_35

Fawkescoin a cryptocurrency without public-key cryptography. / Bonneau, Joseph; Miller, Andrew.
Security Protocols XXII - 22nd International Workshop, Revised Selected Papers. ed. / Frank Stajano; Vashek Matyáš; Petr Švenda; Jonathan Anderson; Bruce Christianson; James Malcolm. Springer Verlag, 2014. p. 350-358 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 8809).

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Bonneau, J & Miller, A 2014, Fawkescoin a cryptocurrency without public-key cryptography. in F Stajano, V Matyáš, P Švenda, J Anderson, B Christianson & J Malcolm (eds), Security Protocols XXII - 22nd International Workshop, Revised Selected Papers. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 8809, Springer Verlag, pp. 350-358. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12400-1_35

Bonneau J, Miller A. Fawkescoin a cryptocurrency without public-key cryptography. In Stajano F, Matyáš V, Švenda P, Anderson J, Christianson B, Malcolm J, editors, Security Protocols XXII - 22nd International Workshop, Revised Selected Papers. Springer Verlag. 2014. p. 350-358. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-12400-1_35

Bonneau, Joseph ; Miller, Andrew. / Fawkescoin a cryptocurrency without public-key cryptography. Security Protocols XXII - 22nd International Workshop, Revised Selected Papers. editor / Frank Stajano ; Vashek Matyáš ; Petr Švenda ; Jonathan Anderson ; Bruce Christianson ; James Malcolm. Springer Verlag, 2014. pp. 350-358 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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