Blockchain based efficient and robust fair payment for outsourcing services in cloud computing

• Main Authors: ZHANG, Yinghui, DENG, Robert H., LIU, Ximeng, ZHENG, Dong
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2018
• Subjects: Blockchain; Cloud security; Fair payment; Provable data possession; Outsourcing computation; Authentication; Data Storage Systems; Information Security; Technology and Innovation
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/4213; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/5216/viewcontent/Blockchain_efficient_fair_outsourcing_cloud_pp__1_.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

As an attractive business model of cloud computing, outsourcing services usually involve online payment and security issues. The mutual distrust between users and outsourcing service providers may severely impede the wide adoption of cloud computing. Nevertheless, most existing payment solutions onl...