A Blockchain and Edge-Computing-Based Secure Framework for Government Tender Allocation

【Author】 Hassija, Vikas; Chamola, Vinay; Gopala Krishna, Dara Nanda; Kumar, Neeraj; Guizani, Mohsen

【Source】IEEE INTERNET OF THINGS JOURNAL

【影响因子】10.238

【Abstract】Governments and public sector entities around the world are actively exploring new ways to keep up with technological advancements to achieve smart governance, work efficiency, and cost optimization. Blockchain technology is an example of such technology that has been attracting the attention of Governments across the globe in recent years. Enhanced security, improved traceability, and lowest cost infrastructure empower the blockchain to penetrate various domains. Generally, governments release tenders to some third-party organizations for different projects. During this process, different competitors try to eavesdrop the tender values of others to win the tender. The corrupt government officials also charge high bribe to pass the tender in favor of some particular third party. In this article, we presented a secure and transparent framework for government tenders using blockchain. Blockchain is used as a secure and immutable data structure to store the government records that are highly susceptible to tampering. This work aims to create a transparent and secure edge computing infrastructure for the workflow in government tenders to implement government schemes and policies by limiting human supervision to the minimal.

【Keywords】Blockchain; Government; Smart contracts; Edge computing; Computer science; Internet of Things; Data breach; Blockchain; digital signatures; distributed ledger technology; edge computing; ethereum; proof of work; smart contracts

【发表时间】2021 44607

【收录时间】2022-01-02

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