LWRNPIP: Design of a light weight restrictive non-fungible token based on practically unclonable functions via image signature patterns

Mahesh Kumar Singh; Pushpa Choudhary; Arun Kumar Singh; Pushpendra Singh

doi:10.46481/jnsps.2025.2560

Authors

Mahesh Kumar Singh
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Dronacharya Group of Institutions Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
Pushpa Choudhary
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Galgotia College of Engineering and Technology, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
Arun Kumar Singh
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Greater Noida Institute of Technology Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
Pushpendra Singh
[email protected]

Department of Computer Science and Engineering, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Delhi-NCR Campus, Modinagar, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India-201204

Keywords:

NFT, PuF, Cryptography, Dual, Delay

Abstract

Non-fungible tokens (NFT) have recently become a popular method of tokenizing \& commercializing personal artifacts. Designing NFTs requires selecting different blockchain-based consensus models, encryption techniques, and distribution mechanisms. Existing NFT design techniques use computationally complex encryption models like Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC), Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), etc., which restricts their general-purpose usability, limiting their scalability for real-time use cases. To overcome this drawback, while maintaining high security, this text proposes a design of a lightweight, restrictive non-fungible token based on Practically Unclonable Functions (PuFs) via image signature patterns. The proposed model initially collects context-specific information sets about the entity that needs tokenization and uses this information to generate restrictive hash sets. These hash sets are passed through a customized PuF model, which generates image-like hash signatures. The generated hash signatures are iteratively embedded into unique images, which are fused via a dual visual encryption-decryption process. The encryption process generates 2 image sets, for distribution among the buyer \& seller, while the decryption process aggregates these image sets to form a single file token. These tokens are passed through another encryption-decryption-based validation process while reselling operations. Due to use of PuFs and restrictive hash sets, the proposed model is capable of deployment for low-power IoT applications and can be scaled for general-purpose scenarios. The proposed model was tested on different NFT use cases, and showcased 10.4% lower processing delay, 8.3% lower energy consumption during selling, and 4.9% lower energy consumption during reselling processes. The tokens generated via this model were also tested under different attack types, and similar efficiency levels were observed under real-time scenarios.

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