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Citizens all over the world require certificates to prove their identity, qualifications, and achievements. Issuing, verifying and maintaining these certificates remained a problem, as most certificates were available only as hard copy, until the advent of computers. Digitization of important certificates and documents can lead to potential security risks. Firstly, digitization makes it possible to easily forge counterfeit certificates, and further risks the privacy of documents. Moreover, individuals still have to be physically present at issuing offices to get hold of new certificates. This paper proposes a solution to these problems by employing cryptography and blockchain technology to securely issue, store and verify important certificates.
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Saji, A.C., Nandakishore, V.V., Vijayan, A., Joseph, J.P. (2020). BCGV: Blockchain Enabled Certificate Generation, Verification and Storage. In: Kumar, A., Paprzycki, M., Gunjan, V. (eds) ICDSMLA 2019. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 601. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1420-3_36
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