Cross-Chain Privacy Preserving for BIoMT With Designated Verifier Proxy Signature

Blockchain-enabled Internet of Medical Things (BIoMT) has received extensive attention and in-depth research to solve the centralized, data island problems with the rapid developments of blockchain-related technologies. However, many different chains with different data structures, consensus protocols, and cryptographic algorithms are constructed, which brings a new “data island” problem. Meanwhile, the cryptographic algorithms used in most current BIoMT systems are weak against quantum attacks. In this article, a cross-chain privacy-preserving (CCPP) model and a designated verifier proxy signature (DVPS) scheme have been proposed. This CCPP model is equipped with the relay chain technology and DVPS to achieve secure cross-chain medical data-sharing among different BIoMT systems. The DVPS scheme is constructed with lattice theory, which can achieve signer proxy, designated user verification, and anti-quantum attack. Then, the security proof shows that the proposed DVPS can capture the security properties of correctness, unforgeability, the signer’s anonymity, and nontransferability. The performance evaluations show that the cross-chain transactions are efficient and stable with the transaction number increasing, and the proposed DVPS is efficient about the key size, time consumption, and energy consumption. This work can also improve the privacy security of system users and medical data in BIoMT systems and promote the value play of medical data.