A Review of Systems for Educational User Data Storage and Security Through Decentralised Blockchain Storage Systems

Abstract

This paper provides a comprehensive review of the significant literature in the area of user data security with a specific focus on how this integrates with the area of blockchain technologies and zero-knowledge proofs within the context of educational data storage. The overall objective of this review is to provide an in-sight into what has already been made available, with regards to implementation, and how these form an overall direction for the field. The purpose of which is to assist in the efforts to provide a solution that unifies the existing solutions and frameworks and provides real world benefits by targeting the highlighted research gaps.