Smart Contract Based Electronic Cheque Settlement Protocol
Keywords:
Blockchain, Smartcontract, electronic chequeAbstract
Blockchain and smart contract technologies can be used to build a huge impact on financial transactions. This research initiatives the potential of applying blockchain and smart contract technologies for traditional cheque clearing method. The new protocol is designed based on electronic cheque concepts, blockchain, and smart contracts. As a result of this research, a new secure cheque settlement protocol is designed and implemented. It provides several rewarding features comparing to the traditional cheque clearing methods. The new protocol reduces cheque dishonoring rate and has the possibility of handling a dated cheque. It can be implemented without using any exceptional hardware such as heavy duty scanners.