A stateless blockchain-based public key infrastructure
*Amalan Joseph AntonyCorresponding authoramalan@iiitdm.ac.inDepartment of Computer Science and EngineeringKancheepuramIndian Institute of Information Technology, Design and ManufacturingChennai, Tamil Nadu, 600127, India0000-0002-8570-9822View full profile → , Kunwar Singhkunwar@nitt.eduDepartment of Computer Science and EngineeringNational Institute of TechnologyTiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu, 620015, India0000-0001-5889-0964View full profile →
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- Received:
- 12 Dec 2023
- Published Online:
- 26 Feb 2025
- Article type:
- Research Article
- Language:
- EN
- Article no.:
- JDMSC-2136
- Pages:
- 849–867
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