A Blockchain Solution for Auditing of Timber-to-Charcoal Process
Date
2021
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Tartu Ülikool
Abstract
Blockchain technology is emerging not only in cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and ethereum
but also expanding in other business fields. Due to its diverse nature of architecture, it can
easily integrate with such environments, e.g., permissioned or permissionless, state-full
or stateless. This article mainly focuses on permissioned blockchain, the hyperledger
fabric, how to implement it, and how to use it to automate the audit to the timber-tocharcoal
business process.
In order to accomplish this study, a design science approach is selected. In this thesis, a
timber-to-charcoal case study is analyzed, designed the software architecture, developed
the solution using hyperledger fabric, tested and evaluated it with defined evaluation
criteria. The technology stack to develop the smart contract and web services to invoke
the chaincode and access the ledger is NodeJs.
The final evaluation shows that hyperledger fabric is a secure, fast, and decentralized
immutable ledger. In conclusion, it is a suitable approach and benefits the audit to
timber-to-charcoal business process.
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Blockchain, hyperledger fabric, permissioned blockchain, blockchain solution, design science, timber-to-charcoal