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Abstract:- This paper proposes a system to generate proposes a distributed application for creation and issuance of
secure and reliable identity cards for educational identities on the blockchain network.
institutes or organizations which are issued to the student
or employee respectively. The proposed application II. LITERATURE REVIEW
design ensures that no duplicate or fake identity cards of
institution/organization are possible to generate. The [1] implements a decentralized Dapp or distributed
design removes the problem of portability issues application for sharing objects on which users must have their
associated with physical identity cards. own control on their documents. [2] proposes creation of
blockchain-based decentralized application which can be used
Keywords:- DAPPs, Secure Identitycards, Blockchain, by students for application of transcripts, which can only be
Metamask, Ethereum, I Pfs. approved and issued by the intended institute, and by the
Universities for the verification of the transcripts issued.[3]
I. INTRODUCTION proposed blockchain based credential securing and
verification system developed in ethereum test network.[4]
Blockchain provides a secure, privacy-preserving and proposed an architecture for biometric electronic
scalable way of exchanging verified digital credentials identification document(e-ID) system based on blockchain
between two parties. Ethereum expands the limited for citizens identity verification in transactions corresponding
capabilities of the blockchain and allows developers to create to the notary, registration etc.[5] is a novel electronic identity
robust decentralized applications also called Dapps. document model, which uses a blockchain network combined
with biometric authentication technology that can potentially
Decentralized applications or Dapps are softwares that solve several security problems.[6] developed a private
communicate with the blockchain, which manages the state permissioned blockchain network where individual’s official
of all network entities. The advantage of Dapps is that values documents can be shared by government bodies,
in the blockchain cannot be modified by anyone, person or organizations and educational institutes.[7] a mobile
entity. application that utilizes blockchain technology to create a
secure protocol for storing encrypted personal information, as
Metamask allows users to run Ethereum Dapps on their well as sharing verifiable claims about personal
browser with a secure identity vault. It provides a user information.[8] proposed a system that can store identity
interface to manage the identities of different sites and sign information in ciphertext form and is jointly verified and
blockchain transactions, making Ethereum applications more maintained by the entire network node, thus it can guarantee
accessible and easier to use for all. the security and reliability of identity data in the digital
identity authentication.[9] focuses on various aspects of
Identity cards are essential credentials for individuals to blockchain technology like ethereum platform, smart
identify that they belong to an educational institute or contracts, ganache server, truffle framework, metamask, zero
organization. They help in authorization of certain knowledge proof(ZKP) and also the implementation of
confidential aspects of institutes or organizations and in case development of sovereign identity using blockchain.
of any suspicious activity that may occur within the premises
the log of the authorization is considered to catch hold of the III. PROPOSED SYSTEM
guilty. With the boom of online transactions there has been
an uprising of frauds and harmful cyber security attacks in CryptoID is a Dapp for issuing IDs on blockchain
institutes or organizations like creation of fake identity cards, networks(Ethereum or Hyperledger), which will be verifiable
changing the database or logs to acquire access to premises and tamper-proof, for institutes or organizations.
and perform malicious activity. The power of blockchain that
engulfs tamper-proof, verifiability, security can be employed The system functions include:
to get rid of these things and prevent the attackers from ● Login for institutes/organization
modifying the log and forging fake identity cards. Blockchain ● Registration of institute/organization
technology can replace traditional systems with a highly ● Enrolment of students/employees
trusted mechanism of managing digital identities.This paper
return(institutes[instituteAddress].student[enrollmentNumber
]);
}
CONCLUSION