Architecture-Centric Evaluation of Blockchain-Based Smart Contract e-voting for National Elections

Document Outline

• Introduction 
• Background and Related Work 
  • E-Voting for National Elections 
  • Overview of Blockchain Technology 
  • Related Work 
• Research Design 
  • Overview of Elicited E-voting Requirements for South Africa 
  • A Proposed Blockchain Architecture for National Elections 
  • Other Vital Aspects of the Blockchain Architecture 
  • A Process View of the Blockchain Architecture for E-Voting (BANES) 
• ATAM Evaluation 
  • Assessing Blockchain E-voting Architecture Using the Trade-Off Analysis Method (ATAM) 
  • Use of Scenarios for evaluation of Business Drivers and Quality Attributes 
  • Observations Based on ATAM Activities and Scenarios 
• Discussion of Findings from ATAM Evaluation 
• Security Analysis of the Hyperledger Fabric for National E-Voting 
  • Attack on the Application Layer 
  • Attack on the Smart Contract Layer 
  • Attack on the Consensus Layer 
  • Attacks on the Network Layer 
  • Attacks on the Data Layer 
• Implications of the Study 
  • Managerial Implication 
  • Practical Implications 
• Conclusions 
• References