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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Secure Combination of IoT and Blockchain by Physically Binding IoT Devices to Smart Non-Fungible Tokens Using PUFs.

Javier Arcenegui, Rosario Arjona, Roberto Román, Iluminada Baturone

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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Authors and funding

4 authors.

Javier ArceneguiMicroelectronics Institute of Seville (IMSE-CNM), University of Seville, CSIC, C/Américo Vespucio 28, 41092 Seville, Spain.
Rosario ArjonaMicroelectronics Institute of Seville (IMSE-CNM), University of Seville, CSIC, C/Américo Vespucio 28, 41092 Seville, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-9717-2228
Roberto RománMicroelectronics Institute of Seville (IMSE-CNM), University of Seville, CSIC, C/Américo Vespucio 28, 41092 Seville, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-5728-0897
Iluminada BaturoneMicroelectronics Institute of Seville (IMSE-CNM), University of Seville, CSIC, C/Américo Vespucio 28, 41092 Seville, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-5463-2482

Funding

by FEDER/Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación - Agencia Estatal de Investi-gación _TEC2017-83557-RConsejería de Transformación Económica, Industria, Conocimiento y Universidades AT17_5926_USEConsejería de Transformación Económica, Industria, Conocimiento y Universidades US-1265146Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación - Agencia Estatal de Investigación _RTC-2017-6595-7
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are widely used in blockchain to represent unique and non-interchangeable assets. Current NFTs allow representing assets by a unique identifier, as a possession of an owner. The novelty introduced in this paper is the proposal of smart NFTs to represent IoT devices, which are physical smart assets. Hence, they are also identified as the utility of a user, they have a blockchain account (BCA) address to participate actively in the blockchain transactions, they can establish secure communication channels with owners and users, and they operate dynamically with several modes associated with their token states. A smart NFT is physically bound to its IoT device thanks to the use of a physical unclonable function (PUF) that allows recovering its private key and, then, its BCA address. The link between tokens and devices is difficult to break and can be traced during their lifetime, because devices execute a secure boot and carry out mutual authentication processes with new owners and users that could add new software. Hence, devices prove their trusted hardware and software. A whole demonstration of the proposal developed with ESP32-based IoT devices and Ethereum blockchain is presented, using the SRAM of the ESP32 microcontroller as the PUF.

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blockchain technologyEthereumIoT securitynon-fungible tokens (NFTs)physical unclonable functions (PUFs)secure bootsmart contractstrusted hardware

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PMID33946227
PMCPMC8125170

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