Judicial System Using Blockchain

Abstract

Blockchain is an incredible invention, the brainchild of an individual known by the pen name, Satoshi Nakamoto. But since then, it has evolved into a technology which holds a vision greater and better than the greatest of creations in the field of technology. A Blockchain is an incorruptible and non-tamperable public digital ledger of data collected through a network. It is how this information is recorded that provides Blockchain its ground-breaking potential. Thus, Blockchain technology provides integrity, authentication, confidentiality and security to everyone on the chain. The Blockchain network has no central authority or governance which is the very definition of a decentralized system. Since it is a distributed and an immutable ledger, the information in it is open for everyone to view. The legal industry has ample of features to gain from the Blockchain by integrating their existing software with Blockchain. One of the main issues of judicial systems today is the management and handling of the evidences. From the time of collection by the court it undergoes a series of ownership and scrutinizing and may lead to manipulations that may be deceitful. Also, the current process is entirely paper based processes and acting on single database system which makes it a single- server model. All the data being stored on to a single server makes the system vulnerable on being prone to attacks and can lead to permanent data loss and not to mention making the process slow. For that purpose, this project deals with successfully embedding Blockchain into the judicial systems for making it even faster, secure and making the people possessing the evidence accountable for their deeds which ultimately leads to provide equal justice to all. Our prototype is entirely developed on the Ethereum private network.