Weighted Forensics Evidence Using Blockchain

Abstract

When digital evidence is presented in front of a court of law, it is seldom associated with a scientific evaluation of its relevance, or significance. When experts are challenged about the validity of the digital evidence, the general answer is "yes, to a reasonable degree of scientific certainty". Which means all and nothing at the same time, since no scientific metric is volunteered. In this paper we aim at providing courts of law with weighted digital evidence. Each digital evidence is assigned with a confidence rating that eventually helps juries and magistrates in their endeavor. This paper presents a novel methodology in order to: