Electronic Certificate Sharing Scheme with Searchable Attribute-Based Encryption on Blockchain

Abstract

Abstract With the promotion of “Internet +” and smart cities, as an important data voucher, electronic certificate brings great convenience to people’s life. However, the phenomenon of “data island” based on the electronic certificate database of each city hinders the sharing of an electronic certificate. In addition, problems such as centralization of data storage, poor security, and tamper-proof modification are common in electronic certificate libraries. To solve these problems, we present a blockchain-based electronic certificate sharing scheme, which uses the InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) and Ethereum smart contract to achieve secure storage and data sharing of electronic certificate by taking advantage of the non-tampering and decentralization of blockchain. At the same time, we achieve fine-grained access control by using attribute-based encryption of ciphertext policy and assigning attribute keys to users without affecting retrieval efficiency. Finally, through the simulation and performance analysis of the Ethereum test network, the analysis results show that our scheme is effective and feasible.