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MeHLDT: A multielement hash lock data transfer mechanism for on-chain and off-chain

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The trusted interaction of on-chain and off-chain data is an important foundation for large-scale applications of blockchain systems. When the blockchain system processes massive off-chain transaction data, one encounters some problems, such as inconsistent on-chain and off-chain data and low concurrency. How to quickly, efficiently and safely realize off-chain data upload to the chain and ensure the atomicity, consistency and security of on-chain and off-chain data is an urgent problem for blockchains. First, on the basis of constructing the off-chain transmission channel, we propose a multielement hash lock data transfer mechanism (MeHLDT) for on-chain and off-chain such as hash lock, time lock, location lock, and organization lock. Then, we analyse the computational cost and cost of various lock combinations. Finally, we explore the impact of hash-locking combinations on the output performance of blockchain systems through communication overhead. The experimental results show that the multielement hash locking mechanism can ensure the integrity, atomicity and consistency of data and realize the integrity verification of off-chain transaction data or off-chain assets. MeHLDT can meet the data security and processing performance requirements in specific scenarios.

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This work was supported by the Science and Technology Plan in Key Fields of Yunnan Province under Grant No.202202AD080002 and No. 202102AD080006. This work also was supported by the Scientific Research Foundation of Yunnan Provincial Department of Education under Grant No.2023J0023.

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  1. Engineering Research Center of Cyberspace, School of Software, Yunnan University, East Outer Ring South Road, Kunming City, 650500, Yunnan Province, China

    Bei Yu, Libo Feng, Hongyu Zhu, Fei Qiu & Shaowen Yao

  2. Yunnan Key Laboratory of Blockchain Application Technology, Yunnan Innovation Institute of Beihang University, No. 8, Shibo Road Panlong District, Kunming City, 650233, Yunnan Province, China

    Bei Yu, Libo Feng, Hongyu Zhu, Fei Qiu & Ji Wan

  3. School of Computer Science and Engineering, Beihang University, XueYuan Road No.37 HaiDian District, Beijing, 100083, China

    Ji Wan

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Bei Yu: Conceptualization of this study, Methodology, Software, Writing-Original draft. Hongyu Zhu: Formal analysis, Writing-Review Editing. Fei Qiu: Data curation. Ji Wan: Visualization, Formal analysis. Shaowen Yao: Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision. Libo Feng: Formal analysis, Software, Validation.

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Yu, B., Feng, L., Zhu, H. et al. MeHLDT: A multielement hash lock data transfer mechanism for on-chain and off-chain. Peer-to-Peer Netw. Appl. 16, 1927–1943 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12083-023-01491-z

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