Blockchain-Based Anti-Counterfeiting Management System for Traceable Luxury Products

• Published in: Sustainability Vol. 14; no. 19; p. 12814
• Main Authors: Chen, Chin-Ling, Guo, Long-Hui, Zhou, Ming, Tsaur, Woei-Jiunn, Sun, Hongyu, Zhan, Wanbing, Deng, Yong-Yuan, Li, Chun-Ta
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.10.2022
• Subjects: Authenticity; Blockchain; Consumers; Counterfeit; Counterfeiting; Forgery; Global economy; Internet of Things; Logistics; Manufacturers; Sales; Security; Suppliers; Supply chains; Technology; United States > US
• ISSN: 2071-1050; 2071-1050
• DOI: 10.3390/su141912814

In recent years, counterfeit luxury products have become a major concern for consumers worldwide. The reason for the proliferation of counterfeit products is that the manufacturing and distribution process is not transparent to consumers and this information can be easily falsified or altered by others. To solve this problem, this paper proposes the development of a management system using blockchain and smart contract technology to solve the problems of data forgery and data tampering, while tracking the information related to luxury products and ensuring the accuracy and authenticity of the relevant data, to achieve the purpose of luxury product anti-counterfeiting. When using Hyperledger Fabric to deploy the blockchain and execute smart contracts, all information related to the production and logistics process of luxury goods will be uploaded to the blockchain. No human intervention is required to create a complete, traceable, tamper-proof, and trusted repository. Compared to previous work, this paper combines blockchain technology with specific processes in the supply chain, employing a variety of security methods to secure the communication process. Moreover, our proposed solution is more flexible in transmission, with more secure protocols also making data harder to tamper with and falsify, thereby solving the problem of forgery and tracking of luxury products.