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Proposer

Timothy Yap

Title

Developing a Decentralized Academic Credential Management System Using Verifiable Credentials

Goal

To design and implement a decentralized academic credential management system that enables secure issuance, management, revocation, and verification of digital academic credentials.

Description

Academic credentials such as certificates, diplomas, and transcripts are traditionally managed by centralized institutions. While effective, these systems often require manual verification processes and may be vulnerable to forgery or delays in credential validation. This project aims to develop a decentralized academic credential management system using verifiable credentials and distributed ledger technologies. The system will enable educational institutions to issue digital credentials, students to manage their credentials, and third parties such as employers to verify their authenticity without relying on a centralized verification process. The project will investigate how distributed ledger platforms can improve trust, transparency, and efficiency in credential management. A prototype will be developed and evaluated based on functionality, usability, verification efficiency, and scalability.

Resources

Distributed Ledger Technologies (e.g., Polygon, Ethereum Layer 2), Smart Contracts, Solidity, MetaMask, Ethers.js/Web3.js, IPFS, React, Node.js

Background

Url

Difficulty Level

Moderate

Ethical Approval

None

Number Of Students

1

Supervisor

Timothy Yap

Keywords

verifiable credentials, decentralized identity, blockchain, academic credentials, smart contracts, distributed ledger

Degrees

Bachelor of Science in Computing Science