Research Article

Covert Communication Scheme Based on Bitcoin Transaction Mechanism

Table 5

Experimental parameters (Experiment 2).

NotationsDescriptionContentLength

KKey0xa00ccf6f1e9dad5fb65989b1f5697e877af0b86a1b1bf413eece4911f05d439c256 bits
kSymmetric key0x36633565646435343236646163653961128 bits
mSecret informationBlockchain80 bits
cSecret information ciphertext0xeb82259e8576a117e4e31d6ef5bd2dcf128 bits
rRandom number0xd304321a32 bits
Hash_PksSpecial public key hash0xeb82259e8576a117e4e31d6ef5bd2dcfd304321a160 bits
AsSpecial address (as output address)1NUFhrEGWP3ZnZx8a1D7vwv7MubJH5tNTG34 bytes
AKThe address generated with the key K as the private key (as the input address)1FGNgSaCCDqwFNffNkPXnBeCSXcWP6WVrC34 bytes
ID_TsThe hash of special transaction0x97e794607851d0d752adc5459516a7be3d36da8d4dc62d23c38f4e02237a11a264 bytes
ANormal address1PSL1uSGs3LieZ5iYKRbtQFTpH2KCxgoGc34 bytes
FeesThe fee of special transaction3.016 sat/byteā€”
FeedpThe fee of transaction that causes double-spend conflict10.052 sat/byteā€”
ID_TdpThe ID of transaction that causes double-spend conflict0x4404f05fa0772d7d78a804faed33760c2d9466c40a49dda3d1b421550768783464 bytes