Chapter 8 Enhanced fingerprint authentication using blockchain
Dipesh Vaya, Teena Hadpawat · 2021
Authentication is a major issue nowadays. Fingerprint authentication plays a vital role in the security industry. Blockchain has various benefits such as decentralization and persistency. A major wing of blockchain is its limitless applications in the field of financial industry, risk management, cryptocurrency and security. In this chapter, we propose an approach of secured automatic log-in based on fingerprint authentication. The security is enhanced using blockchain technology in three steps: in the first step, the user is authenticated using fingerprint verification; the second step includes the development of application software SDK; finally, security is enhanced using blockchain technology.