Student Certificate Sharing System Using Blockchain and NFTs

TL;DR

This paper introduces a blockchain-based system using NFTs for secure, verifiable, and efficient sharing of academic certificates, addressing issues of authenticity and manual verification processes.

Contribution

It presents a novel blockchain and NFT framework for managing and sharing academic certificates with enhanced security and trust features.

Findings

Certificates are securely stored and verified using blockchain and IPFS.

Students can manage and share their certificates with institutions or employers.

The system reduces verification time and prevents fake certificates.

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a certificate sharing system based on blockchain that gives students authority and control over their academic certificates. Our strategy involves developing blockchain-based NFT certifications that can be shared with institutions or employers using blockchain addresses. Students may access the data created by each individual institute in a single platform, filter the view of the relevant courses according to their requirements, and mint their certificate metadata as NFTs. This method provides accountability of access, comprehensive records that are permanently maintained in IPFS, and verifiable provenance for creating, distributing, and accessing certificates. It also makes it possible to share certificates more safely and efficiently. By incorporating trust factors through data provenance, our system provides a countermeasure against issues such as fake and duplicate certificates. It addresses the challenge of the traditional certificate verification processes, which are lengthy manual process. With this system, students can manage and validate their academic credentials from multiple institutions in one location while ensuring authenticity and confidentiality using digital signatures and hashing for data protection against unauthorized access. Overall, our suggested system ensures data safety, accountability, and confidentiality while offering a novel approach to certificate distribution.