A Hybrid Blockchain Solution for Privacy-Preserving Civil Status Data Verification Using Zero-Knowledge Proofs, AES-RSA Encryption, IPFS, and Cloud Services

Azamah, Junior Khan (2024) A Hybrid Blockchain Solution for Privacy-Preserving Civil Status Data Verification Using Zero-Knowledge Proofs, AES-RSA Encryption, IPFS, and Cloud Services. Masters thesis, Dublin, National College of Ireland.

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Abstract

Civil status documents, such as birth certificates, are the basis for important legal operations, but their vulnerability to forgery remains an ongoing challenge. Previous approaches to address this have focused on ensuring the integrity of the document itself, rather than the data it contains. To address this, this study proposes a hybrid blockchain-based solution that integrates zero-knowledge proofs, a hybrid encryption model with AES and RSA encryption, IPFS, and cloud services to provide a secure, scalable, and privacy-preserving solution for verifying civil status data. And by conducting extensive experiments to evaluate the performance and effectiveness of the proposed system, the study validates the feasibility of the proposed architecture by refining the system for real-world implementation, and lay the groundwork for further research in this area.

Item Type:	Thesis (Masters)
Supervisors:	Name Email Heeney, Sean UNSPECIFIED
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Civil status; AES-RSA Encryption; IPFS; Zero-Knowledge Proofs(ZKP); Cloud; Data verification; Ethereum; Polygon zkEVM
Subjects:	Q Science > QA Mathematics > Electronic computers. Computer science T Technology > T Technology (General) > Information Technology > Electronic computers. Computer science Q Science > QA Mathematics > Computer software > Computer Security > Database security > Blockchains (Databases) T Technology > T Technology (General) > Information Technology > Computer software > Computer Security > Database security > Blockchains (Databases) Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources > ZA Information resources > ZA4050 Electronic information resources > Databases > Distributed databases > Blockchains (Databases) T Technology > T Technology (General) > Information Technology > Cloud computing J Political Science > JF Political institutions (General) > Public Administration
Divisions:	School of Computing > Master of Science in Cloud Computing
Depositing User:	Ciara O'Brien
Date Deposited:	14 Jul 2025 14:39
Last Modified:	14 Jul 2025 14:39
URI:	https://norma.ncirl.ie/id/eprint/8085

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