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E-payment has gradually become the mainstream globally in recent years. However, the security and anonymity of the traditional E-payment system are not perfectly guaranteed with the emergence of the quantum computer. In this paper, an E-payment security evaluation system based on quantum blind computing is proposed for evaluating the security of network transactions. Unitary operations and four-qubit cluster state are applied in this system to effectively defend against eavesdroppers. And a shared blind matrix used to encrypt the security scores prevents the curious third-party payment platform from obtaining the private data of users. Furthermore, our system guarantees that users cannot tamper with or disguise their security scores during transactions. We demonstrate the correctness and security of the system in detail and provide theoretical support for its extension to more types of evaluation systems.
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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No. 61701035 and the Research Innovation Fund for College Students of Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications.
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Cai, DQ., Chen, X., Han, YH. et al. Implementation of an E-Payment Security Evaluation System Based on Quantum Blind Computing. Int J Theor Phys 59, 2757–2772 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10773-020-04536-8
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