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IOTA-Based Data Encryption Storage and Retrieval Method

Hongchao Ma^1,*, Yi Man¹, Xiao Xing², Zihan Zhuo², Mo Chen³

1 Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, 100876, China
2 National Computer Network Emergency Response Technical Team/Coordination Center of China, Beijing, 100029, China
3 Beijing Information Science and Technology University, Beijing, 100085, China

* Corresponding Author:Hongchao Ma. Email:

Journal of Quantum Computing 2021, 3(3), 97-105. https://doi.org/10.32604/jqc.2021.016775

Received 20 May 2021; Accepted 16 August 2021; Issue published 21 December 2021

Abstract

At present, the traditional blockchain for data storage and retrieval reflects the characteristics of slow data uploading speed, high cost, and transparency, and there are a lot of corresponding problems, such as not supporting private data storage, large data operation costs, and not supporting Data field query. This paper proposes a method of data encryption storage and retrieval based on the IOTA distributed ledger, combined with the fast transaction processing speed and zero-value transactions of the IOTA blockchain, through the Masked Authenticated Messaging technology, so that the data is encrypted in the data stream. The form is stored in the distributed ledger, quickly retrieved through the field index mechanism established by the data form, and the data operation is carried out on the chain. Experimental results show that this system has high storage, encryption and retrieval performance, and good practicability.

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