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

Chin-Ling Chen, Long-Hui Guo, Ming Zhou, Woei-Jiunn Tsaur (), Hongyu Sun (), Wanbing Zhan, Yong-Yuan Deng and Chun-Ta Li
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Chin-Ling Chen: School of Information Engineering, Changchun Sci-Tech University, Changchun 130600, China
Long-Hui Guo: School of Computer and Information Engineering, Xiamen University of Technology, Xiamen 361024, China
Ming Zhou: School of Computer and Information Engineering, Xiamen University of Technology, Xiamen 361024, China
Woei-Jiunn Tsaur: Computer Center, National Taipei University, New Taipei City 237303, Taiwan
Hongyu Sun: Department of Computer Science, Jilin Normal University, Siping 136000, China
Wanbing Zhan: School of Computer and Information Engineering, Xiamen University of Technology, Xiamen 361024, China
Yong-Yuan Deng: Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, Chaoyang University of Technology, Taichung City 413310, Taiwan
Chun-Ta Li: Department of Information Management, Tainan University of Technology, Tainan 71002, Taiwan

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 19, 1-37

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: luxury anti-counterfeiting; blockchain; traceability; logistics; Hyperledger Fabric (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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