Blockchain Digital Certificates for Universities

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Blockchain Digital Certificates for Universities
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• INTRODUCTION

Fake certificates is a major concern in the
current world. People can easily access fake
certificates of major universities very easily.
One can easily find several such online services
via simply surfing the internet. One will find
endless agencies offering fake certifications,
credentials and more. The people often take the
help of these forged certificates for pursuing
their education or for conducting their works.
But the sad part is they often get into wrong
titles. The universities have been facing this
issue long since with the inception of
technology. But no technical innovations made
then to curb or tackle the fake documentation
that was happening around. This is the reason why
our universities still uphold the traditional
practice of offering the earned credits or
certificates in paper format. Even in the age of
computers and internet technology, our
universities stick into serving certificates in
the paper model. Many universities consider this
as the best practice to validate and authenticate
certificates.
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• But the current paper model certificates has its
  own pitfall in store.
• Issues with the current paper-based model
• Majorly, there are two things that are important
  with certificates.
• a) The authenticity of the document -
  Authenticity of the document ensures that the
  issued certificates are from the authorized
  seats, not from a Xerox centre.
• b) The integrity of the document - Integrity of
  the document ensures that the issued document is
  not altered in any manner.
• In the current method, the authenticity is
  ensured after the imprinted hologram of
  university certificates. It is stated that
  duplication of the hologram is a difficult task
  to be carried by a normal printer. The whole
  concept of document authenticity is based on this
  assumption. But the real scenario is different.
  There are many cases reported around globe
  stating hologram is faked or reproduced in a
  certificate.
• In case of duplication, even if the hologram
  stands different from the original, it is very
  difficult for the normal eye to identify the
  change. In prime facia, one cannot identify which
  is the original or which is the duplicated copy.

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• Secondly, even if the hologram looks precise like
  the original and we assume it to be from the
  designated or the original issuer, the integrity
  of the certificate is still a question. The
  integrity of the certificate can only be ensured
  by merely looking at the overall certificate. If
  there is no mark left of an attempt of
  malpractice, then it is assumed to be untampered.
  Pity! But in reality, one can change the grades
  in a certificate, for example, by carefully
  changing the content. Other than this, there is
  no systematic straightforward approach available
  to automate this process. Even if any, that would
  not be common to or accessible to a normal
  recruiter. A normal recruiter like a shop vendor
  or a start-up company cant spend their valuable
  time or money in investigating the authenticity
  of details provided by a job applicant. Here, in
  the case, the recruiter is compelled to believe
  what they received from the applicant.
• Eventually, the recruiters are caught in the web
  of wrong applicants and remain destitute in
  recruiting wrong people for their valuable job.
  While the deserved ones may get excluded from the
  process. This in total degrades the hardship
  behind earning valuable credits in the form of
  real certificates. The hard work and efforts of
  degree recipients turn futile in the case. Isnt
  that fair?

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Another pitfall of the traditional paper
certificate is that only copy is admitted to be
legal or legally valid. If one needs more than a
single copy, the new copy must be verified and
attested by a designated officer or must apply
for a duplicate certificate from the issuer. The
paper-based certificates are also subjected to
easy wear and tear. If any damage or destruction
is found, it may be considered as fake.
Altogether, the entire system makes friction in
each and every step. We dont feel it in person
as were are prone to this from a long time. Now
its time that we bring a revolution in these
systems. The last two problems may be solved by
digitizing the certificate. But the first two
issues get amplified in the case of a digital
certificate. The certificate content can be
easily altered without leaving any mark. So we
should have to find a new solution to answer all
these issues. That is the point where blockchain
comes to help. Its high time that we bring in
the forefront blockchain digital certificates for
universities. We the blockchain experts, the
blockchain certificate authority comes with a
solution to solve this issue. In our proposed
solution, the certificates are in digital format,
at the same time it is secured by the security of
blockchain implicitly. Therefore, the
authenticity and integrity of the document are
never challenged.
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Under blockchain certificate authority, each
certificate is a digital file and each of it is
digitally signed by the unique key by the issuer
using cryptography. The authenticity of the
certificate is ensured by checking this digital
signature. The digital signatures very unique, so
that it is impossible to reproduce without the
consent of issuer. The content of the certificate
is encrypted to a universally unique crypto
element at the time of issuing and is recorded
under blockchain. Later, when the recruiter
verifies, the unique crypto element is reproduced
and compared it against the one in the
blockchain. That is, we dont have to look up
each and every letter in the document to check
its credibility. It has the further advantage
over the privacy of the content in the
certificate. The blockchain we are using is
public blockchains like EOS, Ethereum and
bitcoin. One may have the concern regarding the
privacy of the data in the certificate. People
may hesitate to publish their academic details in
a public network. But in our solution, the entire
document is not published in the blockchain. Only
some crypto elements, which are necessary to
perform validation, are stored on the
blockchain. Our dedicated software is designed
for digitally signing the certificate, publishing
in blockchain and makes the certificates ready to
deliver to the students.
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The paper-based system is established and
continued for centuries. The people tend to
resist the abrupt change from paper-based
certificate to digital format. It is also
difficult for universities to change from the
procedure they have followed for years to the new
one. For that reason, the blockchain digital
certificates from blockchain certificate
authority like us make our solution comply with
the existing solution. That is, after issuing
certificates in digital format, the students are
also provisioned to take the printouts of the
issued digital file. The printout looks exactly
like conventional certificate except it has no
holograms!! Instead of it, the printout contains
a QR code. Using this, the certificates are
verified using the deprecated holograms anymore.
Thus it can have multiple copies. The important
thing about this blockchain digital certificate
solution is, the recruiter needs neither any
freaky machines nor access to the student
database in order to verify the certificate
provided to him. To the extent, the recruiter
even shouldnt need to be aware of the complex
verification process that running behind the
curtain. All he has to need is a smartphone with
a camera. Each certificate printout contains QR
code which directs to a verification portal where
he can view, verify and even download and take
the printout of the certificate.
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When the recruiter opts for verification, the
certificate undergoes several validation
processes in backdrop under blockchain
technology. The end result is only shown to the
recruiter that too instantly. So for the
recruiter, the blockchain digital certificates is
a means of a quick verification process,
completed in a few simple clicks. Unlike the
traditional paper-based system, here,
certificates being in a digital file format, we
can have any number of copies and each one is a
valid document. Also, the certificates are not
subjected to wear and tear anymore. This also
makes your certificates handy and safe. You can
keep your certificates in your mobile phones or
in the cloud. At last, the hard work for earning
the certificate is paid off. Students! earn
your certificates, which are only issued to the
hard workers like you. Universities! continue
issuing a certificate for your students that are
impossible to duplicate once issued.
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