FileFox: A Blockchain-Based File Storage Using Ethereum and IPFS

Blockchain technology is being adopted by a growing number of industries and organizations, including banks, governments, and major corporations. This is increasing awareness and interest in the technology. To manage transaction, it does not rely on the central authority since it is a decentralized technology. The advantages of blockchain are being benefited by many applications. It is a tamper proof technology which helps to store data securely. Blockchain stores the data into the blocks. One of the peak disadvantages of blockchain is scalability issues. Large files cannot be stored into blockchain. Transparency is one of the blockchain’s major advantage but it can be proved non beneficial for file storing and sharing application. To scrap out the major issues related to blockchain, the paper presents a solution where IPFS is being added to handle the large file storage and encryption to solve the transparency issues. The proposed system makes use of INFURA. INFURA is a service that provides access to IPFS and Ethereum networks through a centralized API. AES 256 Bits Encryption is used to secure the file. The encryption technique is added to the share link, the path generated for the file that is being stored into the system. This prevents an unknown person to access file and privacy of file is also maintained.