A Small Subgroup Attack on Bitcoin Address Generation

Sala, Massimiliano and Sogiorno, Domenica and Taufer, Daniele
(2020) A Small Subgroup Attack on Bitcoin Address Generation.
Mathematics, 8 (10). ISSN 2227-7390

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Abstract

We show how a small subgroup confinement-like attack may be mounted on the Bitcoin addresses generation protocol, by inspecting a special subgroup of the group associated to point multiplication. This approach does not undermine the system security but highlights the importance of using fair random sources during the private key selection.

Item Type: Article
Divisions: Unspecified
Depositing User: Daniele Taufer
Date Deposited: 03 Dec 2020 11:23
Last Modified: 03 Dec 2020 11:23
Primary Research Area: NRA3: Threat Detection and Defenses
URI: https://publications.cispa.saarland/id/eprint/3221

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