TY - JOUR
T1 - An architecture for biometric electronic identification document system based on blockchain
AU - Páez, Rafael
AU - Pérez, Manuel
AU - Montes, Juan
AU - Bouvarel, Lucas
AU - Ramirez Espinosa, Gustavo Adolfo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 by the authors.
PY - 2020/1/1
Y1 - 2020/1/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Authentication
KW - Biometric systems
KW - Blockchain technology (BCT)
KW - Electronic identity document (e-ID)
KW - Identification technologies
KW - Smart government
UR - https://www.mdpi.com/1999-5903/12/1/10
U2 - 10.3390/fi12010010
DO - 10.3390/fi12010010
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85078879167
SN - 1999-5903
VL - 12
JO - Future Internet
JF - Future Internet
IS - 1
M1 - 10
ER -