Mi Zhou

Title: Mi Zhou: Inventor of Blockchain-Based Voting and Timestamping Methods.

Introduction

Mi Zhou is an inventor based in Guangzhou, China. Her work includes blockchain-based approaches to anonymous voting and timestamp generation. She is credited with 2 patents.

Latest Patents

1. Blockchain-Based Anonymous Trusted Voting Method, Apparatus and Related Device. This invention describes a voting process that hashes the original voting content to create a commitment value, then blinds that value using information from other voters. The method uses an ESDSA signature and verification by other voters to form a vote tuple, which is uploaded to a blockchain alongside commitment information used to decrypt the vote tuple. The design aims to support trusted voting while preserving voter anonymity.

2. Timestamp Generation Method and Apparatus, and Electronic Device and Storage Medium. This invention addresses the risk of information leakage associated with traditional timestamp systems that rely on a trusted third-party timestamp authority. It describes hashing a file record and sending the hash to a random issuer, which signs the hash together with its receiving time. The resulting signature is stored on a blockchain as the file record’s timestamp.

Career Highlights

Zhou’s listed professional affiliations include Guizhou Power Grid Co., Ltd. and the Power Research Institute of China Southern Power Grid. Her patent work applies blockchain technology to voting and timestamp records.

Collaborations

Her listed coworkers include Yong Xiao and Jiaxiang Ou. The available information identifies these colleagues but does not specify their roles in the patents.

Conclusion

Mi Zhou’s two listed patents focus on using blockchain to support anonymous voting and timestamp records while addressing trust and information privacy.