Document Management System using Blockchain

Creating fake documents and certificates by duplicating them from the real ones has become most popular in the recent days. Moreover, documents are stored in the respective offices in a centralized database, and to access them one should always be physically present in that office. Also, during the pandemic, most of the schools, colleges, and offices were subjected to online document storage. Therefore, this paper proposes a blockchain system as a solution for the taut storage of documents in the form of electronic files on a blockchain network. The immutable property will aid the document from being duplicated, and will result in the permanent entry of the document in the distributed databases. Also, the blockchain belongings of the decentralized ledger structure will help to keep the files safe and unaffected forever.

I. Introduction

Documents have become a paramount proof in the present way of living. Also, along with this rising needy for documents, the pilfering and duplicating of documents also increases day by day. So, there is a very great need for the shielding and authenticating of files to keep them from being demolished, operated, or duplicated into some other file. Also, some documents are so chief in a way that if they are lost, they cannot be rehabilitated or repaired [1]. Apart from all this, the person has to be in-person to visit the appropriate office for restoring their document and this process takes much more time. Because of the dominance of document storage, the pay-off in the society also has escalated with a great increase in duplication and creation of any educational or property-related files by giving a certain amount of money [10]. These problems can be overcome by using blockchain as a service for storing files. This will be a mechanism for easy recovery of documents, complete validation of data, and easy elevation of data as well. All these systems will help greatly in reducing trickery, bribes, and pilfering of documents.