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Egyptian Universities Digital Certificate Verification Model Using Blockchain

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Alley El-Dorry,

Mohamed Reda,

Sherif Abd El Khalek,

Shehab El-Din Mohamed,

Radwa Mohamed,

Ayman NabilAuthors Info & Claims

ICSIE '20: Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Software and Information Engineering

Pages 79 - 83

https://doi.org/10.1145/3436829.3436864

Published: 05 January 2021 Publication History

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Abstract

The forgery of certificates is a long-term problem in the academic community of Egypt. It has become common to get a fake certificate, that claims an individual has graduated from a public/private university, and apply for jobs easily and be considered as qualified as someone who has a legit certificate. Blockchain, which is known for its reliability and trust, is used as a solution for that problem. The proposed system aims at creating digital certificates for Egyptian higher education as a solution for the forgery problem. This proposed system enables the tracking of a student's certificates; hence, the organizations and institutions can verify the obtained certificates. The proposed system is implemented using Linux Foundation's Hyperledger Fabric.

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ICSIE '20: Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Software and Information Engineering

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DOI:10.1145/3436829

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ICSIE 2020: 2020 9th International Conference on Software and Information Engineering

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