• 전기학회논문지
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• 제67권12호
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• pp.1685-1689
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• 2018

In this research, 51% attack or majority attack is becoming an important security issue for proof of work based blockchains. Due to decentralized nature of blockchains, any attacks that shutdowns the network or which take control over the network is hard to prevent and assess. In this paper, different types of majority attack are summarized and the motivations behind the attacks are explained. To show the feasibility of the majority attack, we build an example mining machines that can take control over two of the public blockchains, Vertcoin and Monero.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제25권11호
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• pp.1676-1686
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• 2021

본 논문에서는 모듈화, 추상화, 계층화 개념을 기반으로 블록체인 상호호환성을 제공하기 위한 크로스-체인 개념의 해결방안을 제안한다. 컨센서스 알고리즘과 특정한 응용 로직으부터 크로스-체인 기능을 분리하며, 크로스-체인운영의 타당성과 합법성을 보장하기 위해 머클 증명을 활용한다. 또한, 동종 블록 체인과 이종 블록 체인의 기본 구현이 다르기 때문에 크로스-체인에서는 이를 분리하여 다루기로 한다. 동종 블록 체인의 경우 TCP와 유사한 크로스-체인 전송 프로토콜(CCTV)을 제안한다. 이종 블록 체인의 경우 크로스-체인 기능을 실현하기 위해 릴레이 체인을 구성하는 방법을 제시한다. 제안된 방식은 크로스-체인 데이터의 정확하고 효과적이며 신뢰할 수 있고 질서 있고 시기 적절한 전송을 가능하게 할 수 있다.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보통신학회 2017년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.543-546
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• 2017

최근, 데이터 분석을 통해 새로운 이슈를 선제적으로 확인하고 이를 통해 기술 발전을 이끌어 내고 있다. 이러한 새로운 이슈에 대해서 미디어 보도가 결정적인 역할을 하며, 특히 과학 기술에 대한 사회적 인식 형성에 큰 영향을 끼치고 있다. 이에 따라 200여개의 뉴스 기사를 중심으로 키워드 분석과 감성 분석, 2가지 데이터 분석을 바탕으로 미래 정보통신의 주요 기술(Machine Learning & Blockchains)을 확인한다. 본 분석 결과를 바탕으로 향후 정보통신 주요 기술을 지속적으로 발전하는데 길잡이 역할을 할 것으로 예상한다.

• Journal of Information Processing Systems
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.989-1003
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• 2021

With the recent increase in the types of services provided by Internet companies, collection of various types of data has become a necessity. Data collectors corresponding to web services profit by collecting users' data indiscriminately and providing it to the associated services. However, the data provider remains unaware of the manner in which the data are collected and used. Furthermore, the data collector of a web service consumes web resources by generating a large amount of web traffic. This traffic can damage servers by causing service outages. In this study, we propose a website search engine that employs a system that controls user information using blockchains and builds its database based on the recorded information. The system is divided into three parts: a collection section that uses proxy, a management section that uses blockchains, and a search engine that uses a built-in database. This structure allows data sovereigns to manage their data more transparently. Search engines that use blockchains do not use internet bots, and instead use the data generated by user behavior. This avoids generation of traffic from internet bots and can, thereby, contribute to creating a better web ecosystem.

• International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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• 제21권8호
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• pp.111-118
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• 2021

Banking systems are sensitive to data privacy since users' data, if not well protected, may be used to perform fake transactions. Blockchains, public and private, are frequently used in such systems thanks to their efficiency and high security. Public blockchains fail to fully protect users' data, despite their power in the accuracy of the transactions. The private blockchain is better used to protect the privacy of the sensitive data. They are not open and they apply authorization to login into the blockchain. However, they have a lower security compared to public blockchain. We propose in this paper a hybrid public-private architecture that profits from network virtualization. The main novelty of this proposal is the use of network virtualization that helps to reduce the complexity and efficiency of the computations. Simulations have been conducted to evaluate the performance of the proposed solution. Findings prove the efficiency of the scheme in reducing complexity and enhancing data privacy by guarantee high security. The contribution conducted by this proposal is that the results are verified by the centralized controller that ensures a correct validation of the resulted blockchains. In addition, computation complexity is to be reduced by profiting from the cooperation performed by the virtual agents.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제16권8호
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• pp.2507-2528
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• 2022

Blockchain interoperability, which refers in particular to the ability to access information across blockchain systems, plays the key role for different blockchains to communicate with each other, and further supports the superstructure built on top of the cross-chain mechanism. Nowadays, blockchain interoperability technology is still in its infancy. The existing cross-chain scheme such as BTCRelay requires that the smart contract in a blockchain to download and maintain block headers of the other blockchain, which is costly in maintenance and inefficient to use. In this paper, we propose a supervision mechanism between blockchains, called Surveillant. Specially, the new entities called dual-functional nodes are introduced to commit the real-time information from the blockchain under supervision to the supervising blockchain, which enables users to have efficient cross-chain verification. Furthermore, we introduce Merkle mountain range for blocks aggregation to deal with the large-scale committing data. We propose the design of long orphan branch counter to trace the bifurcations in the blockchain under supervision. The existing incentive mechanism is improved to encourage the behaviors of dual-functional nodes. In Surveillant, the analysis and experimental results demonstrate that users are able to have efficient cross-chain verification with low maintenance overhead.

• 한국중재학회지:중재연구
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.87-111
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• 2020

Smart contracts are implemented by blockchain technology, which stores the terms of the contracts of both parties on the blockchain. In the event of an international dispute over smart contracts and blockchains, no special solution has been proposed, such as the enactment of the International Unification Act. The blockchain platform which operates smart contracts is decentralized and operates through distributed nodes around the world without central servers, making it difficult to establish jurisdiction and governing laws. As an alternative to traditional dispute-solving methods, a new mediation model-smart arbitration-is being attempted. The arbitration process is likely to be a preferred means of resolving disputes over smart contracts in practice. There are many problems, such as the fairness of the arbitration center on the selection and judgment of arbitrators, the question of securing reliability, the question of the validity of the arbitration agreement, and how much the court can be involved in the case. Preparations at the national level, such as fostering blockchains and smart contract experts, and overhauling the legal system, are needed.

• Journal of Platform Technology
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.32-44
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• 2023

블록체인 브릿지(이하 '브릿지'이라 한다.)는 블록체인간 자산 이동을 가능하게 해주는 서비스를 말한다. 브릿지는 사용자에게 가상 자산을 입금 받고 다른 블록체인의 사용자에게 동일한 가상 자산을 전달하는 역할을 한다. 블록체인 환경은 각각 독립적이기 때문에 일반적인 방식으로 다른 블록체인으로 자산을 옮길 수 없기 때문에 사용자는 브릿지를 이용한다. 따라서 브릿지를 이용한 자산 이동은 일반적인 방식으로 추적할 수 없다. 만약 악성 행위자가 브릿지를 통해 자금 이동을 하였다면 기존의 자산 추적 도구로는 추적에 한계가 있다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 브릿지의 구조를 파악하고 브릿지 요청에 대한 이벤트 로그를 분석하여 브릿지 이용 정보를 획득하는 방법에 대하여 제안한다. 우선 브릿지의 구조를 파악하기 위해 Ethereum Virtual Machine(EVM) 기반 블록체인에서 작동하는 브릿지를 대상으로 분석을 진행하였다. 분석한 내용을 바탕으로 임의의 브릿지 이벤트에 대하여 적용해보았다. 나아가 실제 추적에 사용될 수 있도록 브릿지 이용정보를 지속적으로 수집하여 저장하는 자동화 도구를 제작하였다. 실제 브릿지 이용 후 도구를 통해 이용 정보를 추출하여 송신 블록체인, 수신 블록체인, 전달받는 지갑 주소, 전송한 토큰의 종류, 수량과 같은 추적에 중요한 정보들을 확인할 수 있었다. 이를 통해 블록체인 브릿지를 이용한 자산 이동 추적의 한계를 극복할 수 있음을 보여주었다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제13권8호
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• pp.4093-4107
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• 2019

Proof of Work (PoW) based blockchains have limitations in throughput, time consumption, and energy efficiency. In these systems, a miner will consume significant time and resources to obtain a reward for contributing to the blockchain. To overcome these limitations, recent research on blockchains are focused on accelerating the speed, scalability, and enhancing the security level. By enhancing specific procedures of blockchain system, the level of data integrity supported by the blockchain can become more robust, and efficient. In this paper, a new blockchain consensus model based on the Bryllite Consensus Protocol (BCP) is proposed to support a hyper-connected massively multiplayer online game (MMOG) ecosystem. The BCP scheme enables users to participate directly in new consensus processes through a Proof of Participation (PoP) algorithm. In this model, the consensus algorithm has a simpler form while maintaining high security level. In addition, because the BCP scheme gives users an equal chance to make a contribution to the blockchain, rewards are distributed in an equal fashion, which motivates user participation. The analysis of the proposed scheme is applied to the Bryllite consortium blockchain system (homed in Hong Kong), which is a new blockchain network developed for international game industries, gamers, and game events.

• 디지털산업정보학회논문지
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.17-26
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• 2018

Connected car plays an important role on Intelligent Transport System (ITS). ITS is able to secure drivers' convenience and safety, however, the overall system can be threatened by hacking attempt. Blockchain is one strong candidate of the remedy to promote the security of the ITS network. However, there will be many challenges to adopt previously proposed blockchain technologies to ITS. This work presents a new ITS structure based on blockchain technology. Proposed scheme includes three major layers. The first layer is central manager which is initiated once to register a certain connected car. The third layer is RSU (Road Side Unit) layer which exploits PoS (Proof of Stake) for consortium blockchains and retains real-time information. In addition, this layer performs block expiration based on timers to maintain manageable block length. In the second layer, the generated blocks of the third layer without expiration are housed as private blockchains. We finally demonstrate possible merits of newly proposed scheme.