The development of Quantum Computing has brought great advantages in terms of computational power that can be seen as an opportunity or as a potential threat to currently implemented systems. The security of a platform can be easily broken if its founding algorithms are not quantum-safe. For this reason, it is crucial to understand how quantum computers work and how much time is needed to switch to quantum-safe platforms. The main contribution of this paper consists of a software architecture for modular Blockchains to let multiple encryption algorithms coexist in order to mine new quantum-safe blocks without discarding old, validated, quantum-broken ones. Old blocks will still be unsafe for post-quantum cryptography, but this is not a threat to the chain integrity.

A Blockchain-based Modular Architecture for Managing Multiple and Quantum-Safe Encryption Algorithms / Fiore, Marco; Carrozzino, Federico; Mongiello, Marina; Volpe, Gaetano; Mangini, Agostino Marcello. - ELETTRONICO. - (2023). (Intervento presentato al convegno 2023 9th International Conference on Control, Decision and Information Technologies (CoDIT) tenutosi a roma nel 03-06 July 2023) [10.1109/CoDIT58514.2023.10284090].

A Blockchain-based Modular Architecture for Managing Multiple and Quantum-Safe Encryption Algorithms

Marco Fiore;Federico Carrozzino;MArina Mongiello;Gaetano Volpe;agostino Marcello Mangini
2023-01-01

Abstract

The development of Quantum Computing has brought great advantages in terms of computational power that can be seen as an opportunity or as a potential threat to currently implemented systems. The security of a platform can be easily broken if its founding algorithms are not quantum-safe. For this reason, it is crucial to understand how quantum computers work and how much time is needed to switch to quantum-safe platforms. The main contribution of this paper consists of a software architecture for modular Blockchains to let multiple encryption algorithms coexist in order to mine new quantum-safe blocks without discarding old, validated, quantum-broken ones. Old blocks will still be unsafe for post-quantum cryptography, but this is not a threat to the chain integrity.
2023
2023 9th International Conference on Control, Decision and Information Technologies (CoDIT)
A Blockchain-based Modular Architecture for Managing Multiple and Quantum-Safe Encryption Algorithms / Fiore, Marco; Carrozzino, Federico; Mongiello, Marina; Volpe, Gaetano; Mangini, Agostino Marcello. - ELETTRONICO. - (2023). (Intervento presentato al convegno 2023 9th International Conference on Control, Decision and Information Technologies (CoDIT) tenutosi a roma nel 03-06 July 2023) [10.1109/CoDIT58514.2023.10284090].
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