A Secured Architecture for Transactions in Micro E Commerce using QR scan, e Wallet Payment Applications with Adaptation of Blockchain
Novel corona virus outbreak started from China which has reached to every country around the world. As it is an airborne disease it spreads from person to person just by talking, coughing and sneezing within the range of below 6 feet from each other. The increasing number of cases of COVID 19 has enforced the government all across the world to take measures to impose lockdown in order to contain and combat COVID 19. The main reason of imposing lockdown was to break the chain, which can be a temporary solution and a long lasting change in lifestyle is needed. In the wake of global pandemic there has been highly elevated used of contactless and cashless payment system during shopping. There are several methods and one of the are using QR code. QR code scan is widely used but possess cyber security threats. The objective of the paper is to propose a Blockchain based E Wallet solution to promote contactless payment methods during shopping. The proposed system discusses the security threats of QR code payment gateway and proposes a model which enables encryption and decryption system. A blockchain architecture is proposed to save and protect the transactions at the user and merchant level.