### Probabilistic micropayments with transferability

Taisei Takahashi and Akira Otsuka

##### Abstract

Micropayments are one of the challenges in cryptocurrencies. The problems in realizing micropayments in the blockchain are the low throughput and the high blockchain transaction fee. As a solution, decentralized probabilistic micropayment has been proposed. The winning amount is registered in the blockchain, and the tickets are issued to be won with probability $p$, which allows us to aggregate approximately $\frac{1}{p}$ transactions into one. Unfortunately, existing solutions do not allow for ticket transferability, and the smaller $p$, the more difficult it is to use them in the real world. We propose a novel decentralized probabilistic micropayment Transferable Scheme. It allows tickets to be transferable among users. By allowing tickets to be transferable, we can make $p$ smaller. We also propose a novel Proportional Fee Scheme. This is a scheme where each time a ticket is transferred, a portion of the blockchain transaction fee will be charged. With the proportional fee scheme, users will have the advantage of sending money with a smaller fee than they would generally send through the blockchain. For example, sending one dollar requires only ten cents.

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Applications
Publication info
Published elsewhere. MINOR revision.the 26th European Symposium on Research in Computer Security (ESORICS) 2021
Keywords
blockchainmicropaymenttransferabilitytamperproof wallet
Contact author(s)
dgs194102 @ iisec ac jp
History
2022-03-09: last of 4 revisions
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Short URL
https://ia.cr/2021/1306

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BibTeX

@misc{cryptoeprint:2021/1306,
author = {Taisei Takahashi and Akira Otsuka},
title = {Probabilistic micropayments with transferability},
howpublished = {Cryptology ePrint Archive, Paper 2021/1306},
year = {2021},
note = {\url{https://eprint.iacr.org/2021/1306}},
url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2021/1306}
}

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