2020/05/15 by Hiten Choudhury, Choudhury, Hiten, Bidisha Goswami +3
Computer Science · Psychology · #Blockchain Technology Applications and Security #COVID-19 Digital Contact Tracing #Cryptography and Security (cs.CR) #Digital Mental Health Interventions #FOS: Computer and information sciences
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2005.10607
openalex publication_date 2020/05/15 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Today, the entire world is facing incredible health and economic challenges\ndue to the rapid spread of the life threatening novel Coronavirus Disease -\n2019 (COVID-19). In the prevailing situation when a vaccine is many months\naway, the way forward seems to be a controlled exit from the lockdown - where,\ninfected/exposed people are strictly quarantined and recovered/unexposed people\nare allowed to carry on with their day to day business activities. However,\nappropriate physical distancing norms will have to be strictly followed for\nsuch relaxations. Therefore, mechanisms are required that will assist people in\nfollowing the social and physical distancing norms in public places. In this\npaper, we propose an anonymity preserving blockchain based framework that\nallows people, through use of their smart phones and other communication\ndevices, to protect themselves from infections as they conduct their daily\nbusiness activities.\n