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B4E: A System for Creating and Validating Digital Credentials using Remote Signing and Blockchain

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Hoang-Nam Dinh,

Van-Thanh Nguyen,

Manh-Hung Tran,

Viet-Thang NghiemAuthors Info & Claims

SoICT '22: Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on Information and Communication Technology

Pages 420 - 426

https://doi.org/10.1145/3568562.3568656

Published: 01 December 2022 Publication History

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In recent years, a large number of organizations and universities, such as EduCTX, BCDiploma, Singapore universities, etc., have used blockchain technology in creating and validating certificates because of the advantages of transparency and data immutability. The generated digital credentials can be quickly verified through decoding data and verifying the issuer information on the blockchain network. However, this digitization process contains a significant drawback in identifying the issuer. Specifically, the head of an educational institution typically cannot sign into digital certificates because of the complexity of blockchain technology. Therefore, these certificates’ data are merely written to the blockchain network by technically proficient staff. To solve this problem, we build a system for digital credentials creation and validation named B4E based on two technologies, i.e., remote signing and blockchain. In particular, the remote signing allows the head of the organization to digitally sign the credentials, similar to signing traditional paper credentials. After that, information about the signed digital credentials is uploaded to the blockchain network. In this paper, we present our approach, describe the B4E system, introduce the process of digitizing a specific certificate, and provide performance evaluations.

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Nguyen QTran T(2024)IU-VecCert: A Scalable Credentials Issuance Protocol Using Non-interactive Vector Commitment SchemeFuture Data and Security Engineering. Big Data, Security and Privacy, Smart City and Industry 4.0 Applications10.1007/978-981-96-0434-0_8(108-122)Online publication date: 24-Nov-2024
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