Building a prototype based on Microservices and Blockchain technologies for notary’s office: An academic experience report

The problem of lack of trust in data sharing between different parties can bureaucratize processes carried out by entities such as notary’s office. Blockchain technology can circumvent this problem by providing a distributed and unchanging base. By merging this technology with the microservice architecture, secure and robust systems can be created due to the independent deployments and development of microservices, thus easing the application maintenance and evolution. Considering the advantages in the combination of the mentioned technologies, the present work aims to propose an approach that allows the integration between notary’s offices and other institutions, ensuring security and celerity in the exchange of information between the parties. In this paper we report on our academic experience in the creation of the proposed approach, a pilot prototype, the development process and the tools used in the implementation, and the lessons learned.