A birth certificate is one of the essential and mandatory documents that serves as an identity for citizens. The current system provides paper-based birth certificate by manually verifying the credentials of the parents. Since the entire process is done manually, it is prone to errors, inefficiency, and delays. The proposed system addresses these challenges by utilizing a blockchain-based system. It uses a smart contract to verify user credentials and trigger the certificate issuance process. This approach produces immutable and tamper-proof certificates and stores it in a decentralized network. The system employs a hybrid Blockchain, allowing hospital authorities and users to register for the certificate, while government authorized individuals to control and manage the certificate issuance and verification. The efficiency of the proposed system is compared to the existing process in terms of time. Simulation results show that the proposed system achieves a drastic reduction in process time, from several days to just a few minutes representing a 99% reduction. The significant reduction in overhead and time explicitly demonstrates that the proposed system is an innovative alternative to the traditional paper-based approach.

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Building a Blockchain-Based Prototype for Birth Certificate Issuance and Verification

  • Syed Rabiya Mohamed Ali,
  • V. Charles Prabu,
  • D. Manivannan,
  • C. Saranya Jothi,
  • J. Naskat

摘要

A birth certificate is one of the essential and mandatory documents that serves as an identity for citizens. The current system provides paper-based birth certificate by manually verifying the credentials of the parents. Since the entire process is done manually, it is prone to errors, inefficiency, and delays. The proposed system addresses these challenges by utilizing a blockchain-based system. It uses a smart contract to verify user credentials and trigger the certificate issuance process. This approach produces immutable and tamper-proof certificates and stores it in a decentralized network. The system employs a hybrid Blockchain, allowing hospital authorities and users to register for the certificate, while government authorized individuals to control and manage the certificate issuance and verification. The efficiency of the proposed system is compared to the existing process in terms of time. Simulation results show that the proposed system achieves a drastic reduction in process time, from several days to just a few minutes representing a 99% reduction. The significant reduction in overhead and time explicitly demonstrates that the proposed system is an innovative alternative to the traditional paper-based approach.