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An E-payment Protocol Based on Quantum Multi-proxy Blind Signature

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Based on quantum multi-proxy blind signature, a new E-payment protocol is proposed in this paper. Adopting the techniques of quantum key distribution, one-time pad and quantum proxy blind signature, our E-payment protocol could protect user’s anonymity as the traditional E-payment systems do, and also have unconditional security which the classical E-payment systems cannot provide. Additionally, the quantum operation can be transmitted successfully with the probability 1, which can make the protocol reliable and practical.

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This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61402275, 61402015, 61273311), the Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province (Grant Nos. 2015JM6263, 2016JM6069), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Grant No. GK201402004).

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  1. College of Mathematics and Information Science, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, 710119, Shaanxi, China

    Ai-Xia Shao & Jian-Zhong Zhang

  2. School of Science, Xi’an University of Posts and Telecommunications, Xi’an, 710121, Shaanxi, China

    Shu-Cui Xie

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Shao, AX., Zhang, JZ. & Xie, SC. An E-payment Protocol Based on Quantum Multi-proxy Blind Signature. Int J Theor Phys 56, 1241–1248 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10773-016-3266-6

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