Secure Document Verification System Using Blockchain

Abstract

Document verification is a complex domain that involves processes to authenticate original documents. Some original documents like birth certificate, university diploma, contract, certificate of occupancy, Will etc. may involve serious verification and authentication practices, because fake documents can easily be created. A skillfully generated fake document is always difficult to detect and can be treated as original. With the increase of forged documents, the integrity of both the document holder and the issuing authority is jeopardized. This research is intended to address the issue of electronic document forgery and provide an alternative secure means for storing documents. The aim of this research is to design and implement a secure document verification system using blockchain. The result of this study shows how the user documents are stored securely in the blockchain, and if any change or adjustment are made to the documents the chain becomes invalid and the user will be notified