EduCrypto: Transforming Education using Blockchain

Abstract

Blockchain is a trending technology that is gaining popularity for its widespread application in various sectors, including education. Academic certificates are an important measure of an individual’s abilities. They are especially important for higher education and employment. However, advanced technologies have enabled the creation of fake documents. The paper counters this problem by proposing a blockchain-IPFS based solution. The proposed system is an Ethereum blockchain and IPFS based system for storing, retrieving, and authenticating educational documents as well as streamlining the entire process of examination and result generation. The proposed system comprises three main modules: Admission; Examination and Results; Third-Party Module. The authenticity of any document is guaranteed since it is shared within a secured environment. Existing research on similar solutions suffers from poor testing, lack of evaluation, and inefficient storage models. The proposed system overcomes these drawbacks. The proposed system was also evaluated for uploading and fetching latency. The average results show that the system has a mean execution time of 10176 milliseconds for uploading a 1.45MB document and a mean execution time of 110.7 milliseconds for fetching 6 documents each of size 214 kB. Thus, the system is found to be efficient in addition to being safe and secure.