Design principle DP2: Tamper-proof storage
All changes made to the data that are stored in the system can be retraced.
Source paper
This design principle is proposed by Blockchain to Rule the Waves - Nascent Design Principles for Reducing Risk and Uncertainty in Decentralized Environments (Kristoffer Nærland, Christoph Müller-Bloch, Roman Beck, Søren Palmund, 2017).
Related design principles
- Design principle DP4: User authentication - The paper states that, together with user authentication, tamper-proof storage allows all changes made to the data to be traced back to identifiable users.