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A unique digital identity in cyberspace is essential for identifying devices, individuals, or objects. Associating a reliable digital identity to a virtual entity ensures the identification of those involved in transactions and data manipulations. In this regard, the Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) is a new paradigm that delegates data management to the entity to which the identity belongs. SSI is decentralized and independent of any certifying organization, thus naturally more scalable. This paper explores the use of SSI model in the ecosystem involving the cotton supply chain, proposing a decentralized architecture for the verification of certification seals and cotton auditing. The architecture establishes trust in the information and transactions carried out among the various participants in this chain, characterized by its complexity and dispersed geography. By instantiating the platform in a proof-of-concept scenario, the goal is to analyze how SSI can be effectively used to promote trust and transparency in the chain, with the potential to address challenges related to the authenticity, certification, and traceability of cotton. The COTTONTRUST prototype is currently in operation, and our results are promising, benefiting both cotton producers and gins in obtaining fair prices, as well as buyers and final consumers in ensuring quality assurance.
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This work was funding by the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), the Santa Catarina State Research and Innovation Support Foundation (FAPESC), UDESC, and developed at LabP2D. This work received financial support from the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel - CAPES - Brazil.
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Duarte, J.F.B., Junior, G.S., da Silva, G.F.C., Pillon, M., Koslovski, G.P., Miers, C.C. (2024). COTTONTRUST: Reliability and Traceability in Cotton Supply Chain Using Self-sovereign Identity. In: Barolli, L. (eds) Advanced Information Networking and Applications. AINA 2024. Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies, vol 200. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-57853-3_8
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