Block-based fair payment scheme under delegation computation

Abstract

In the traditional delegation computation,due to the self-interested behavior of both participants,there were some problems such as the denial of the principal and the dishonest calculation by the computing party.In the payment phase,a third party was required to ensure the fairness of the payment,which led to extra costs and risks of disclosure of participants' privacy.Game theory was used to analyze the Nash equilibrium solution between the two parties in the payment process,and a fair payment protocol based on time commitment of bitcoin was proposed.Firstly,the bitcoin time commitment technology was used to ensure the fairness of payment.Secondly,the decentralized feature of block chain was used to replace the third-party service to protect the privacy of all parties and realize the source of responsibility.Finally,the scheme was analyzed from the perspective of security and correctness,which proved that the participants choose behavioral strategies honestly in the payment process.The scheme proposed in this paper not only solved the problem of fair payment in traditional delegation computation,but also protected the privacy of participants.

Keywords

• delegation computation
• time commitment
• game theory
• fair payment