Blockchain provides the security of digital credentials via the construction of unhackable, tamper-proof, ledger. When a credential is issued, this information is sealed in the blockchain using cryptography. This will be permanent and decentralized storage that confirms the authenticity of a credential and will not be falsified or manipulated at a later point.
With Blockchain, instant verification around the globe is possible. A third party such as employers or institutions anywhere in the globe can verify the authenticity of a credential by verifying the blockchain record. This raises the curtain of painfully slow and expensive verification procedures by manned channels of authentication.
This technology is a direct fight against credential fraud. Fraud will also be eliminated since any genuine credential will have a verifiable digital fingerprint. Credentials are cryptographically signed by issuers; and fraudulent manipulations become detectable as changing the signature will render the credential invalid.
Blockchain also gives students the possibility to validate their own accomplishments. People store credentials in blockchain-based wallets to provide permissioned access to certain verifiers. This eliminates the need to rely on the middleman in the sharing of credentials.
Blockchain lightens the administrative overheads and expenditure that institutions incur when printing, storing, and checking on credentials. It does verification automatically, reduces mistakes and increases the efficiency of operations, and maintains the integrity of credentials.
Conclusion:
To certify cross-border digital education in one place, blockchain is necessary. It provides security as information cannot be changed, provides immediate verification and eliminates fraud, gives power to the owner over their learner data, and smoothens processes within institutions. This forms a generic, reputable basis of authentic academic records.
