Using Blockchain Technology for Academic Credentialing

Abstract

Blockchain technology enables the creation of a decenfualized environmento where ffaruactions and data are not under the control of any third party organization. Any Ensaction ever completed is recorded in a public ledger in a verifiable and permanent way. Based on the blockchain technology, we propose a global higher education credentialing platform, named DZACHAIN. This platform is based on the Algerian higher education system where the ministry is in control of all the higher education ifi?itutions (IIEIs). It constitutes a globally trusted, decentralized higher education credentialing that can offer credential holders a way to hold and shaxe their acadmic cgfCntials directly with others in a safe and trusted way, as well as offering a globally unifled viewpoint for credential issuers(FlEls) and employers. We present a prototype itgleTentation of the environment, based on the open-source Hyperledger hoha Blockchain Platform. Based on a distributed peer-to-peer network, DZACHAIN will manEandcontrol credential tokens and WX records, which represent accordingly the diplomas and the work experience that credential holders gain after graduating. Credential holders and employers are the peers of the blockchain network, as well as government peers. The platforrr is a first step toward a more tansparent and technologically advanced form of higher education management systems