Design principle DP3: Smart-contract document validation
Smart contracts can validate that an authorized party uploaded and signed the file.
Source paper
This design principle is proposed by Design Principles for Blockchain-based Applications in Green Bond Reporting (Ameera Darwish, Juho Lindman, Jesper Hjertqvist, Olgerta Tona, 2023).
Related design principles
- Design principle DP5: Off-chain decision-making - The paper states that "smart contracts facilitate the decisions that stakeholders take that can be digitized and digitalized," and DP5 explicitly specifies that "on-chain decisions are facilitated through smart contracts," directly linking smart-contract validation to on-chain decision facilitation.