Trustworthy Pre-Processing of Sensor Data in Data On-chaining Workflows for Blockchain-based IoT Applications
Abstract
Prior to provisioning sensor data to smart contracts, a pre-processing of the data on intermediate off-chain nodes is often necessary. When doing so, originally constructed cryptographic signatures cannot be verified on-chain anymore. This exposes an opportunity for undetected manipulation and presents a problem for applications in the Internet of Things where trustworthy sensor data is required on-chain. In this paper, we propose trustworthy pre-processing as enabler for end-to-end sensor data integrity in data on-chaining workflows. We define requirements for trustworthy pre-processing, present a model and common workflow for data on-chaining, select off-chain computation utilizing Zero-knowledge Proofs (ZKPs) and Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs) as promising solution approaches, and discuss both our proof-of-concept implementations and initial experimental, comparative evaluation results. The importance of trustworthy pre-processing and principle solution approaches are presented, addressing the major problem of end-to-end sensor data integrity in blockchain-based IoT applications.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2110.15869,
title = {Trustworthy Pre-Processing of Sensor Data in Data On-chaining Workflows for Blockchain-based IoT Applications},
author = {Jonathan Heiss and Anselm Busse and Stefan Tai},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2110.15869},
year = {2021}
}
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Preprint version of full paper at ICSCO21