A Secure E-voting System based on Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm with Hybrid Consensus Mechanism
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Blockchain, Election Commission, Encrypted model, E-voting, E-voting Cloud System, Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm, Hybrid Consensus AlgorithmAbstract
Background: The evolution of technology has brought about significant changes in many existing processes, making them simpler and safer. Electronic voting (E-voting) is a notable example that has replaced traditional voting systems to achieve accurate and reliable results with minimal human interference. However, E-voting faces significant challenges such as vote rigging, vote theft, and various other security threats. Methods Used: To address these security concerns, the elliptic curve digital signature algorithm with hybrid consensus algorithm (ECDSA-HCA) was employed. A secure web-based E-voting approach has been developed to facilitate end-to-end communication between users, ensuring the prevention of vote theft during the polling announcement in the nation. The ECDSA-HCA involves three main stages: the registration process, polling, and the announcement of results. In the proposed model, the election commission utilizes blockchain technology to verify and validate vote data. Subsequently, the ECDSA-HCA method is employed to securely store voter data in the blockchain, utilizing encryption and an e-voting cloud system (ECS) tailored to the data structure of user-specific modelling processes. Results achieved: Upon analyzing the results, it becomes evident that the proposed ECDSA-HCA approach outperforms in terms of communication time (1871 μs), encryption time (1650 μs), latency (24 ms), and throughput (63 Tps). Concluding remarks: In this study, the number of users is extended to 1000 by conducting a simulation network five times, each with 200 users as the size of each set of nodes. To assess the effectiveness of the ECDSA-HCA, it is compared to existing studies such as ECS and ECDSA.
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