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Efficient and Secure Distributed Data Storage and Retrieval Using Interplanetary File System and Blockchain

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  • Muhammad Bin Saif

    (Department of Computer Science, University of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Sara Migliorini

    (Department of Computer Science, University of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Fausto Spoto

    (Department of Computer Science, University of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

Abstract

Blockchain technology has been successfully applied in recent years to promote the immutability, traceability, and authenticity of previously collected and stored data. However, the amount of data stored in the blockchain is usually limited for economic and technological issues. Namely, the blockchain usually stores only a fingerprint of data, such as the hash of data, while full, raw information is stored off-chain. This is generally enough to guarantee immutability and traceability, but misses to support another important property, that is, data availability. This is particularly true when a traditional, centralized database is chosen for off-chain storage. For this reason, many proposals try to properly combine blockchain with decentralized IPFS storage. However, the storage of data on IPFS could pose some privacy problems. This paper proposes a solution that properly combines blockchain, IPFS, and encryption techniques to guarantee immutability, traceability, availability, and data privacy.

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  • Muhammad Bin Saif & Sara Migliorini & Fausto Spoto, 2024. "Efficient and Secure Distributed Data Storage and Retrieval Using Interplanetary File System and Blockchain," Future Internet, MDPI, vol. 16(3), pages 1-13, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jftint:v:16:y:2024:i:3:p:98-:d:1357421
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