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This work was sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 62302114, 62172353 and U20B2046), the Innovation Fund Program of the Engineering Research Center for Integration and Application of Digital Learning Technology of Ministry of Education (Nos. 1331007, 1311022), the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province (No. 2024A1515010177).

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  1. Cyberspace Institute Advanced Technology, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, 510006, China

    Lejun Zhang, Jing Qiu, Shen Su, Yuan Liu, Guangxia Xu & Zhihong Tian

  2. Research and Development Center for E-Learning, Ministry of Education, Beijing, 100039, China

    Lejun Zhang & Guopeng Wang

  3. College of Information Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China

    Lejun Zhang, Bo Zhang & Zhujun Wang

  4. School Math and Computer Science, Quanzhou Normal University, Quanzhou, 362000, China

    Lejun Zhang

  5. Pazhou Lab, Guangzhou, 510330, China

    Lejun Zhang

  6. School of Physics and Materials Science, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, 510006, China

    Ran Guo

  7. Central Economic and Mathematics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 117418, Russia

    Sergey Gataullin

  8. Industrial Programming Department, MIREA-Russian Technological University, Moscow, 119454, Russia

    Sergey Gataullin

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Zhang, L., Zhang, B., Guo, R. et al. A blockchain-oriented covert communication technology with controlled security level based on addressing confusion ciphertext. Front. Comput. Sci. 19, 192807 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11704-024-2775-2

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