Lottery and Auction on Quantum Blockchain

Entropy (Basel). 2020 Dec 5;22(12):1377. doi: 10.3390/e22121377.

Abstract

This paper proposes a protocol for lottery and a protocol for auction on quantum Blockchain. Our protocol of lottery satisfies randomness, unpredictability, unforgeability, verifiability, decentralization and unconditional security. Our protocol of auction satisfies bid privacy, posterior privacy, bids' binding, decentralization and unconditional security. Except quantum Blockchain, the main technique involved in both protocols is quantum bit commitment.

Keywords: auction; lottery; quantum bit commitment; quantum blockchain.