Jayson V. Cadiz, Nicole Amber M. Mariscal, Angie M. Ceniza-Canillo
An analysis on the use of blockchain technology in e-voting systems has been done to compare its performance and security to that of a centralized e-voting system. Blockchain technology is one of the emerging technologies of today as a distributed, decentralized database technology, providing much promise to transparency and reducing cybersecurity risks. A Blockchain-based E-Voting System (BEVS) and a Centralized E-Voting System (CEVS) were developed, and compared in terms of performance and security testing. The results show that the BEVS processes requests slightly slower than the CEVS. This is due to the additional processes of block validation and creation in a blockchain network, whereas utilizing a local private blockchain as the database of an e-voting system handles requests faster than utilizing a public blockchain network. However, the BEVS is more reliable when it comes to the efficiency of an e-voting system as it has a complete 0.00% error rate compared to the CEVS with its errors generated by the internal server. The speed at which the BEVS may also be affected by heavy loads, however, all requests were fulfilled, and no system crashes occurred. The BEVS also proves to be a more secure e-voting system with less vulnerabilities detected. © 2021 IEEE.
University of San Carlos, Department of Computer and Information Sciences and Mathematics, Cebu City, Philippines
