Enabling Decentralized and Dynamic Data Integrity Verification for Secure Cloud Storage via T-Merkle Hash Tree Based Blockchain

Table 1

Notation.

Notation	Description
Client	The uploader or owner of cloud data
CS	Cloud server
BC	Blockchain
	A T-Merkle hash tree node
	Hash value of node
	Number of data tags in a node
	A secure hash function:
	A large prime number
	A gap Diffie–Hellman (GDH) group
	A multiplicative cyclic group
	A generator of group
	A bilinear map:
	The client’s private key
	The client’s public key
	Data file and data block,
	Tag set and data tag,
	The data proof generated by CS
	The tag proof generated by BC