Cryptoaddress Standalone Server

Mgr. Ramu Tanguturi

Master's thesis

Abstract:

In the digital world, virtual money is the buzzword, mainly addressed as cryptocurrency. The money is maintained in wallets. A crypto currency address generated by a dedicated algorithm is used as the account for maintenance of the wallet. These addresses are cryptic in nature and very hard to remember and share; as a result, ordinary users face difficulty during crypto currency transactions. To overcome this problem, many communities have proposed user-friendly strings as crypto currency addresses. Some of them are discussed in this thesis along with their pros and cons. Among all, a simplified and user-friendly string and its translation from cryptoaddresses to actual crypto currency addresses is proposed in the paper, “ Sending Money Like Sending E-mails: Cryptoaddresses, The Universal Decentralised Identities”. In this thesis, a novel approach is proposed to address an open issue in the referred paper, i.e. determine whether the data served by cryptoaddress server is free from modifications or not, using asymetric cryptography. To demonstrate the translation of actual cryptographic identifiers from cryptoaddresses, a standalone cryptoaddress server is designed and implemented with the help of a simple client program.

Abstract:

In the digital world, virtual money is the buzzword, mainly addressed as cryptocurrency. The money is maintained in wallets. A crypto currency address generated by a dedicated algorithm is used as the account for maintenance of the wallet. These addresses are cryptic in nature and very hard to remember and share; as a result, ordinary users face difficulty during crypto currency transactions. To overcome this problem, many communities have proposed user-friendly strings as crypto currency addresses. Some of them are discussed in this thesis along with their pros and cons. Among all, a simplified and user-friendly string and its translation from cryptoaddresses to actual crypto currency addresses is proposed in the paper, “ Sending Money Like Sending E-mails: Cryptoaddresses, The Universal Decentralised Identities”. In this thesis, a novel approach is proposed to address an open issue in the referred paper, i.e. determine whether the data served by cryptoaddress server is free from modifications or not, using asymetric cryptography. To demonstrate the translation of actual cryptographic identifiers from cryptoaddresses, a standalone cryptoaddress server is designed and implemented with the help of a simple client program.

Keywords

Bitcoin address, Cryptoaddress, Cryptoaddress Server, Cryptocurrency, CryptoBox, Cryptographic Identifier, Decentralised User-friendly address, Database, FirstBits, FQDN, Hash, Libsodium, OpenAlias, SCAP, SRV Record, User friendly address.

Language used: English

Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 13. 12. 2018

Thesis defence

• Date of defence: 31. 1. 2019
• Supervisor: doc. RNDr. Eva Hladká, Ph.D.
• Reader: RNDr. Daniel Kouřil, Ph.D.

Masaryk University

Faculty of Informatics

Master programme / field:
Informatics / Information Technology Security (eng.)