A blockchain based product tracing system

Abstract

Our project is a project that traces the flow of a product as it gets from the farmer to the final consumer using the Ethereum blockchain technology and validating the origin of that product. In chapter One of this document contains the Introduction and Background of the subject matter from where all the parts build from. It briefly highlights what product tracing is all about as well as what blockchain technology is all about. It furthermore gives a revelation and insight in the matter summarizing the question why blockchain? as the problem statement into detail defines the scope and the objectives for this project. The scope is subdivided into two parts namely: Geographical scope and the Technical Scope where by the former is the location constraint whereas the latter what the project puts more emphasis on. It also gives the significance of this project. As the journey continues, we go into Chapter Two which is all about the literature review. It is then partitioned into different sections for example: Introduction, the approaches to Track Products, the challenges, the advantages, the differences between blockchain and centralized architecture, the limitations and then a summary of a proposed system. Chapter three gives the methodology used while data was obtained. It goes on to expound on the research methods we used like Surveys and the data collection methods/tools like questionnaires, study of analogous systems and so on. Chapter Four talks about the Analysis and Design whereas chapters 5 and 6 talk about the results and conclusion respectively.