Immutable and Privacy Protected E-Certificate Repository on Blockchain
Rekha Kashyap1, Karan Arora2, Asad Azam3, Megha Sharma4
1Dr. Rekha Kashyap, Inderprastha Engineering College, AKTU
2Karan Arora, Inderprastha Engineering College, AKTU
3Asad Azam, Inderprastha Engineering College, AKTU
4Megha Sharma, Inderprastha Engineering College, AKTU
Manuscript received on May 06, 2020. | Revised Manuscript received on May 15, 2020. | Manuscript published on June 30, 2020. | PP: 1631-1635 | Volume-9 Issue-5, June 2020. | Retrieval Number: C5256029320/2020©BEIESP | DOI: 10.35940/ijeat.C5256.029320
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Abstract: —Fake education certificates or fake degree is one of the major concerns in higher education. This fraud can be minimized if there is a tamper-proof and confidential registry of certificates wherein not one but multiple certified authorities verifies and stores the issued certificate in immutable repositories with proper privacy maintained. Secondly, there should be a mechanism for retrieving the authentic certificate without much cost and time. Blockchain is an immutable, shared, distributed ledger without the control of a single centralized authority that fits very well for the discussed use case. The proposed work, PrivateCertChain, has implemented the idea for university having multiple affiliated colleges, by deploying and verifying digitally signed e-certificate on Ethereum Blockchain. Multiple affiliated colleges can serve as the miners for verifying the signature of the issuer. For privacy concerns, the content of the certificate will be hashed and this hashed value will be stored in Blockchain along with the roll number of the certificate holder. Once the transaction hash is generated, it will be converted to QR code. The QR code is shared with the respective owner of the certificate and it will also serve as the credential of the certificate. Thus, anyone having the credential can view the authentic certificate which is kept on the blockchain, by scanning QR through the dedicated application designed for verification. The proposed solution can be a foolproof mechanism against all frauds as it guards for integrity, confidentiality, authenticity, and privacy of educational certificates.
Keywords: Blockchain, Smart Contract, ethereum, Privacy, Confientiality, e-Certifcate, e-Degree, Immutability Introduction