Blockchain assisted signature and certificate based protocol for efficient data protection and transaction management in smart grids

• Keyan Abdul-Aziz Mutlaq,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Computer Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, USM, Gelugor, Penang, Malaysia, IT and Communications Center, University of Basrah, Basrah, Iraq

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• Vincent Omollo Nyangaresi,

  Roles Formal analysis, Resources, Visualization

  Affiliations Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science & Technology, Bondo, Kenya, Department of Applied Electronics, Saveetha School of Engineering, SIMATS, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

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• Mohd Adib Omar ,

  Roles Project administration, Supervision, Validation

  * E-mail: adib@usm.my (MAO); majunchao@sztu.edu.cn (JM)

  Affiliation School of Computer Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, USM, Gelugor, Penang, Malaysia

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• Zaid Ameen Abduljabbar,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliations Department of Computer Science, College of Education for Pure Sciences, University of Basrah, Basrah, Iraq, College of Big Data and Internet, Shenzhen Technology University, Shenzhen, China, Shenzhen Institute, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China, Department of Business Management, Al-Imam University College, Balad, Iraq

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• Junchao Ma ,

  Roles Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: adib@usm.my (MAO); majunchao@sztu.edu.cn (JM)

  Affiliation College of Big Data and Internet, Shenzhen Technology University, Shenzhen, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2666-6874

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• Mustafa A. Al Sibahee,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Management and Marketing, College of Industrial Management for Oil and Gas, Basrah University for Oil and Gas, Basrah, Iraq, National Engineering Laboratory for Big Data System Computing Technology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3943-8101

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• Abdulla J. Y. Aldarwish,

  Roles Formal analysis, Resources, Software

  Affiliation Department of Computer Science, College of Education for Pure Sciences, University of Basrah, Basrah, Iraq

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1039-6462

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• Ali Hasan Ali

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Validation, Visualization

  Affiliations Department of Mathematics, College of Education for Pure Sciences, University of Basrah, Basrah, Iraq, Technical Engineering College, Al-Ayen University, Dhi Qar, Iraq

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2959-4212

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