A blockchain-oriented covert communication technology with controlled security level based on addressing confusion ciphertext

Lejun ZHANG, Bo ZHANG, Ran GUO, Zhujun WANG, Guopeng WANG, Jing QIU, Shen SU, Yuan LIU, Guangxia XU, Zhihong TIAN, Sergey GATAULLIN

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Front. Comput. Sci. ›› 2025, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (2) : 192807. DOI: 10.1007/s11704-024-2775-2
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A blockchain-oriented covert communication technology with controlled security level based on addressing confusion ciphertext

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Lejun ZHANG, Bo ZHANG, Ran GUO, Zhujun WANG, Guopeng WANG, Jing QIU, Shen SU, Yuan LIU, Guangxia XU, Zhihong TIAN, Sergey GATAULLIN. A blockchain-oriented covert communication technology with controlled security level based on addressing confusion ciphertext. Front. Comput. Sci., 2025, 19(2): 192807 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11704-024-2775-2

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This work was sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 62302114, 62172353 and U20B2046), the Innovation Fund Program of the Engineering Research Center for Integration and Application of Digital Learning Technology of Ministry of Education (Nos. 1331007, 1311022), the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province (No. 2024A1515010177).

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