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    Uncuffed: A Blockchain-based Secure Messaging System
    (ACM, 2021) Dimitriadis, Vasileios; Maglaras, Leandros; Polemi, Nineta; Kantzavelou, Ioanna; Ayres, Nick
    Secure messaging is very important especially in critical applications like communication of automated cars. In this article we present a simulation of a blockchain messaging platform based on the Bitcoin protocol. The mechanism can be used for exchanging privately and securely messages and images. Each member of the blockchain can become a miner and collect rewards or just a plebeian client and send messages without actively using the platform.