Security and Privacy in Decentralized Energy Trading Through Multi-Signatures, Blockchain and Anonymous Messaging Streams

• Published in: IEEE transactions on dependable and secure computing Vol. 15; no. 5; pp. 840 - 852
• Main Authors: Aitzhan, Nurzhan Zhumabekuly, Svetinovic, Davor
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington IEEE 01.09.2018; IEEE Computer Society
• Subjects: Blockchain; blockchain technologies; Commodities trading; Computer privacy; Consumption; Contracts; Cryptography; decentralized energy trading; Electronic trading systems; Online banking; Peer-to-peer computing; Performance evaluation; Power marketers; Privacy; Public key; Security and privacy; Security management; Signatures; Smart grid; smart grid systems; Streams; Trusted third parties

Smart grids equipped with bi-directional communication flow are expected to provide more sophisticated consumption monitoring and energy trading. However, the issues related to the security and privacy of consumption and trading data present serious challenges. In this paper we address the problem o...