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Volume 3 | Issue 3 | Year 2025 | Article Id: CYS-V3I3P101 DOI: https://doi.org/10.59232/CYS-V3I3P101
Integrating Smart Contracts into University Registration for Data Integrity and Transparency
Thuc Le, Thai Le, Hai Tran
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| 07 Jun 2025 | 08 Jul 2025 | 01 Aug 2025 | 15 Aug 2025 |
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Thuc Le, Thai Le, Hai Tran. “Integrating Smart Contracts into University Registration for Data Integrity and Transparency.” DS Journal of Cyber Security, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 1-14, 2025.
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Blockchain, Data integrity, Data transparency, Smart contract, University registration system.
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