Decentralized Blockchain Based System for Secure Data Storage in Cloud

Abstract

Cloud computing is one of the leading options to store massive amount of data. The metaphor of the cloud was borrowed from old telecoms network schematics, in which the public telephone network was often represented as a cloud to denote that the just did not a matter it was just a cloud of stuff. However, cost and risk will increase inthe organization which are using cloud platforms. Hence this paper combines Cloud with blockchain technology to produce a secured file storage system. Blockchain is considered by many to be the safest technology. Here, a single file is splited and stored in blocks using the file manipulation and Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) algorithms. A high level, contract oriented language, Solidity is used for writing smart contracts. The system architecture which explains the cloud and blockchain processes is constructed. This system also ensures that it is free from attacks such as Brute force. Finally, the blockchain network in the cloud platform is implemented.