ARCHITECTURAL APPROACH TO DATA PROTECTION IN DISTRIBUTED SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT SYSTEM USING BLOCKCHAIN NODES

Abstract

Dockerised blockchain solution can mitigate the low levels of distributed technology adoption in small and medium enterprises. It can be done via designing and implementing an environment which inherits ease of deployment and scalability of containerized systems with safety and transparency of distributed applications. Practical implementation of a dockerized blockchain solution designed as a demonstrative implementation for existing client–server architecture is described in this paper. This solution uses Docker containers to simplify the setup and deployment of a private blockchain network, a mediator server and a reverse proxy. Implementation of this system on a low scale demonstrates feasibility of integrating blockchain technology into existing business processes without fundamental architectural changes and acknowledges deployment and maintaining challenges that usually accompany distributed systems using private blockchain. Discussed implementation is a demonstration of designed architecture being potentially a reproducible and easily maintainable environment for logging and validating data through an immutable ledger on a smaller scale. Proof of concept successfully validates the core idea. The implementation shows a mediator server intercepting client request, recording them on a private Ethereum blockchain via a JSON-RPC interface, and then forwarding them to the original server. This confirms the solution’s ability to introduce a trusted, intermediate layer for data immutability. The project demonstrates a working framework for embedding distributed ledger technologies into client–server ecosystems. While the current Proof of Work consensus mechanism presents scalability limitations, the architecture provides a strong foundation for future research, including migrating to more efficient consensus mechanisms and integrating smart contracts.