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Moduli Chain: Next-Generation Unified Authentication Infrastructure

Authors: Shim, Sophia; Lee, Eunice; Park, Justin; Lee, Caleb;

Moduli Chain: Next-Generation Unified Authentication Infrastructure

Abstract

Moduli Chain is a next-generation decentralized authentication infrastructure designed to unify the authentication of users and devices under a single coherent model. Despite ongoing advances in modern cryptography, structural limitations inherent in current Passkey and PKI-based systems persist. Passkeys are often presented as a solution to password leaks and credential breaches, yet fundamental issues remain—private-key storage risk, centralized public-key dependency, and the inability to verify real device behavior. This research addresses these problems at their root. The system is composed of three core layers: the NullAuth Layer, the Homomorphic Encryption Layer, and the Moduli Chain. The NullAuth Layer eliminates private-key storage entirely through biometric-based dynamic key generation and provides a Moduli Chain–based pairwise authentication protocol. The Homomorphic Encryption Layer encrypts device behavioral data and enables verification without exposing plaintext. The Moduli Chain acts as a lightweight distributed ledger built on the ESC (Encrypted Sequential Commitment) structure, recording commitments, policies, and state transitions. All authentication outputs are normalized to a unified function, Verify() → True/False. The Moduli Token is not exposed to end-users; it is used solely for backend fee settlement. This whitepaper presents a comprehensive technical architecture, token economics, and industrial application framework for Moduli Chain.

Keywords

Moduli Chain, Passkeys, (EuroSciVoc) Information Security, Unified Authentication, (EuroSciVoc) Cryptography, Decentralized Authentication, Device Behavior Verification, (EuroSciVoc) Computer and Information Science, NullAuth, Encrypted Sequential Commitment (ESC), Distributed Ledger, Homomorphic Encryption, Zero-Exposure Security

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