Document Management System Empowered by Effective Amalgam of Blockchain and IPFS

Abstract

The world had started digitization, even before the global pandemic had struck, which led to various processes, like verification and application of documents, going online. This also leads to an increase in the amount of data and traffic on the internet, causing an increase in cyber fraud, such as document (digital) forgery. All this has led to the need for a secure digital document management platform. With the help of Blockchain Technology, a safe alternative for the same can be developed. In this paper, we have studied the use cases where digital forms of documents are involved, and based on Blockchain Technology, we have created a secure web application for all the processing of the documents. The web application generates new certificates as requested for pre-defined templates and stores their identifier securely in the distributed Blockchain network (Polygon) and the document on an IPFS (InterPlanetary File System). Further, it provides the facility to verify the authenticity of the document. It also allows users to share access to their documents securely for a specific time.