The Ekiden Platform for Confidentiality-Preserving, Trustworthy, and Performant Smart Contracts
Fan Zhang, Warren He, Raymond Cheng, Jernej Kos, Nicholas Hynes, Noah M. Johnson, Ari Juels, Andrew Miller, Dawn Song
Abstract
Although smart contracts inherit the availability and other security assurances of the blockchain, they are impeded by lack of confidentiality and poor performance. We present Ekiden, a system that aims to close these critical gaps by combining the blockchain with trusted execution environments.
Topics & Concepts
ConfidentialityComputer securityTrustworthinessBlockchainSmart contractComputer scienceInternet privacyAnonymityBlockchain Technology Applications and SecurityCryptography and Data SecurityPrivacy-Preserving Technologies in Data