A Distributed Public Key Infrastructure for the Web Backed by a Blockchain
The thesis investigates how a blockchain can be used to build a decentralised public key infrastructure for the web, by proposing a custom federation blockchain relying on honest majority. Our main contribution is the design of a Proof of Stake protocol based on a stake tree, which builds upon an id...
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KTH, Skolan för datavetenskap och kommunikation (CSC)
2017
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| Online Access: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-210912 |