An architecture for biometric electronic identification document system based on blockchain

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Abstract

This paper proposes an architecture for biometric electronic identification document (e-ID) system based on Blockchain for citizens identity verification in transactions corresponding to the notary, registration, tax declaration and payment, basic health services and registration of economic activities, among others. To validate the user authentication, a biometric e-ID system is used to avoid spoofing and related attacks. Also, to validate the document a digital certificate is used with the corresponding public and private key for each citizen by using a user's PIN. The proposed transaction validation process was implemented on a Blockchain system in order to record and verify the transactions made by all citizens registered in the electoral census, which guarantees security, integrity, scalability, traceability, and no-ambiguity. Additionally, a Blockchain network architecture is presented in a distributed and decentralized way including all the nodes of the network, database and government entities such as national register and notary offices. The results of the application of a new consensus algorithm to our Blockchain network are also presented showing mining time, memory and CPU usage when the number of transactions scales up.

Original languageEnglish
Article number10
JournalFuture Internet
Volume12
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 01 Jan 2020

Keywords

  • Authentication
  • Biometric systems
  • Blockchain technology (BCT)
  • Electronic identity document (e-ID)
  • Identification technologies
  • Smart government

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