The Blockchain Solution for the Security of Internet of Energy and Electric Vehicle Interface

In this paper, an Internet of Energy (IoE) solution for providing optimal charging and control of resources in the era of electric vehicles (EVs) with energy trading and security is considered. A blockchain based security solution is presented by considering the IoE as a distributed energy system with internet of things (IoT). However, by inheriting the security concerns of IoTs, IoE also faces the security challenges and is considered here. Hierarchical key generation is used for cryptographic keys, based on lattice constructions. Along with a consensus tailored with Practical Byzantine Fault Tolerance (PBFT), an additional smart contract is also applied for utilization of energy transfer. The presented solution provides transparency, reliability, availability and failure recovery inheriting from the blockchain aspects. To the best of our knowledge, the present study is the first attempt in this direction of IoE-EV interface solutions. The experimental results, comparative analysis and security validation affirm the superiority of the proposed solution over the existing approaches.

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This study presents a blockchain-based Internet of Energy (IoE) solution for optimal charging and resource control in the era of electric vehicles, incorporating energy trading and security aspects. Hierarchical key generation, lattice-based cryptographic keys, and PBFT-based consensus are utilized to address security challenges faced by IoE. The addition of smart contracts for energy transfer utilization enhances transparency, reliability, and failure recovery, demonstrating superiority over existing approaches through experimental results, comparative analysis, and security validation.