The Approach to Managing Provenance Metadata and Data Access Rights in Distributed Storage Using the Hyperledger Blockchain Platform

TL;DR

This paper proposes a blockchain-based system using Hyperledger Fabric and smart contracts to securely manage provenance metadata and data access rights in distributed storage environments, ensuring fault tolerance and data integrity.

Contribution

It introduces a novel approach leveraging permissioned blockchain and smart contracts for secure, fault-tolerant management of provenance and access rights in distributed storage.

Findings

The system is fault-tolerant and secure against data distortions.

It utilizes Hyperledger Fabric and Composer for implementation.

Provides a secure method for managing provenance and access rights.

Abstract

The paper suggests a new approach based on blockchain technologies and smart contracts to creation of a distributed system for managing provenance metadata, as well as access rights to data in distributed storages, which is fault-tolerant, safe and secure from the point of view of preservation of metadata records from accidental or intentional distortions. The implementation of the proposed approach is based on the permissioned blockchains and on the Hyperledger Fabric blockchain platform in conjunction with Hyperledger Composer.