Secure Enclave Exchange Architecture for Trusted Fast Trading
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional exchanges, whether centralized or decentralized, face tradeoffs such as slow processing, security risks, limited asset listings, and unfair trading practices, which compromise user control and trustworthiness.
Innovation Solution
Implementing secure computing enclaves to process transactions, ensuring fast and trustworthy exchanges by using secure computing environments that leverage secure computing enclaves to process transactions of digital assets, providing cross-chain support and maintaining user control over assets.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Speed
If centralized exchanges are used to process transactions quickly, then trading speed is improved, but security and trustworthiness deteriorate due to susceptibility to manipulation and security incidents
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the exchange functionality into two distinct environments: a secure enclave environment for processing transactions and a regular environment for user interaction and asset storage. This segmentation allows fast processing within the enclave while maintaining security through isolation, resolving the contradiction between speed and trustworthiness.
Solution Approach 2:
The secure enclave acts as an intermediary between users and the exchange matching engine. It verifies the exchange program's integrity through remote attestation before allowing transactions to proceed, mediating between the need for fast processing and the requirement for security and trustworthiness.
2Adaptability or versatility
If decentralized exchanges are used to expand market participation, then accessibility is improved, but trading efficiency deteriorates due to slow on-chain processing
Solution Approach 1:
The system separates the matching and settlement functions from the blockchain consensus process. Transactions are matched and settled quickly within the secure enclave environment, while only essential state changes are recorded on-chain. This segmentation enables both high market participation and fast trading efficiency simultaneously.
3Quantity of substance
If conventional exchanges are used to provide trading services, then liquidity is improved, but fairness deteriorates due to potential manipulation and preferential treatment
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements remote attestation that provides continuous feedback on the integrity of the exchange program. Users can verify that the program running in the enclave matches the published version, creating a feedback mechanism that ensures fairness while maintaining liquidity.
Solution Approach 2:
The secure enclave serves as a trusted intermediary that executes the exchange program in a verifiable manner. It prevents manipulation by isolating the matching logic from external influence while maintaining liquidity through efficient order processing.
4Reliability
If secure computing enclaves are implemented to ensure trustworthiness, then security is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The secure enclave performs self-verification through remote attestation, automatically proving its integrity to users without requiring complex external verification infrastructure. This self-service approach enhances trustworthiness while minimizing the added system complexity.
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AI summary
A system for providing an exchange in a trusted execution environment can include an exchange program that is configured to provide a digital exchange for digital assets and a computer system with a secure enclave that is configured to provide the trusted execution environment within which processing of programs is secure from observation and manipulation by other operations outside of the secure enclave. Execution of the exchange program in the secure enclave can include loading the exchange program into secure memory within the secure enclave, performing an attestation operation on the exchange program loaded into the secure memory within the secure enclave, the attestation operation configured to validate the exchange program, and outputting results of the attestation operation to identify whether the exchange program loaded in the secure enclave is valid.