Blockchain Technology to Increase the Credibility of the Academic Credentials

Abstract

Blockchain technology as a decentralized ledger has capabilities to transparency, immutability and does not rely on third parties to control. In the past, the technology was applied only in cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum. Currently, the technology is exploited to manage important data in various businesses that are not just financial. Some application such as education sector also requires the ability of the blockchain to generate the education certificate that can be confirmed the graduation for further studies at a higher level or job applications. In this article, have realized the validity of certificates through various researcher. Therefore, aims to find and combine research related to the use of blockchain technology to addresses problems in counterfeiting educational certificates to explain and compare to those who are interested. The research related was used of blockchain technology in many forms including permissioned and permissionless blockchain. Both of these are used to create a decentralized system that is different in each objective. Although, the benefits will be similar in the endpoint, in order to anti-counterfeit to create the credibility of the certificate. Based on this relevant research analysis, the author hopes to bring benefits in each system to develop their own technology in the future.