Trustless Cross-chain Communication for Zendoo Sidechains

Alberto Garoffolo; Dmytro Kaidalov; Roman Oliynykov

Paper 2022/1179

Trustless Cross-chain Communication for Zendoo Sidechains

Alberto Garoffolo, Horizen

Dmytro Kaidalov, Input Output

Roman Oliynykov

, Input Output, V.N.Karazin Kharkiv National University

Abstract

In the Zendoo white paper we introduced a novel sidechain construction for Bitcoin-like blockchains, which allows a mainchain to create and communicate with sidechains of different types without knowing their internal structure. In this paper, we take a step further by introducing a comprehensive method for sidechains to communicate amongst each other. We will also discuss the details of a cross-chain token transfer protocol that extends the generic communication mechanism. With the cross-chain token transfer protocol, it can enable a broad range of new applications, such as an exchange platform, that allows the ability to trade tokens issued from different sidechains.

Metadata

Available format(s): PDF
Category: Cryptographic protocols
Publication info: Published elsewhere. arxiv.org
Keywords: blockchain sidechain communication protocol
Contact author(s): alberto @ horizen global
dmytro kaidalov @ iohk io
roman oliynykov @ iohk io
History: 2022-09-09: approved; 2022-09-08: received; See all versions
Short URL: https://ia.cr/2022/1179
License: CC BY-NC

BibTeX

@misc{cryptoeprint:2022/1179,
      author = {Alberto Garoffolo and Dmytro Kaidalov and Roman Oliynykov},
      title = {Trustless Cross-chain Communication for Zendoo Sidechains},
      howpublished = {Cryptology {ePrint} Archive, Paper 2022/1179},
      year = {2022},
      url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2022/1179}
}