A blockchain‐based traceable group loan system. (30th March 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Li, Jinjiang; Zheng, Zhihua; Li, Zhi; Niu, Ziyu; Qin, Hong; Wang, Hao
• Is Part Of: Concurrency and computation. Volume 34:Number 16(2022)
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• Publication Date: 2020-03-30
• Subjects: blockchain -- group loan -- homomorphic encryption -- linkable group signature -- TEE; Parallel processing (Electronic computers) -- Periodicals; Parallel computers -- Periodicals; 004.35
• DOI: 10.1002/cpe.5741
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1532-0626

Abstract

Summary: Difficulties in financing and low utilization of funds are main financial problems that plague the development of small and medium‐sized enterprises. The key to solving this problem lies in opening up the social data circulation between enterprises. It is a good solution for enterprises with frequent data interactions to form groups. Using group loans, the borrowing enterprises could solve the funding difficulties and the loan enterprises could improve the utilization rate of funds. In this article, we construct a group loan system based on blockchain technology, which can promote the free flow of funds among enterprises in the group. We combine the blockchain with the trusted execution environment to realize the automatic determination of loan conditions and realize the automatic execution of smart contracts. We also use the linkable group signature technology to ensure the traceability of loan users while protecting the anonymity. In addition, we use homomorphic encryption technology to make the statement confidential and computable.