Message Control for Blockchain Rewriting

Published in IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, vol. 22, no. 3, 2024

Recommended citation: Yingjiu Li, Binanda Sengupta, Yangguang Tian, Jiaming Yuan, and Tsz Hon Yuen. “Message Control for Blockchain Rewriting.” IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 1864–1876, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1109/TDSC.2024.3372631

This paper introduces message-controlled chameleon hashes for blockchain rewriting. The construction ensures that authorised rewriting parties can select only from designated message sets, preventing arbitrary or unspecified messages while preserving blockchain consistency.