Research Article
Blockchain-Based Land Registration System: A
Conceptual Framework
Muhammad Irfan Khalid ,
1
Jawaid Iqbal,
2
Ahmad Alturki,
3
Saddam Hussain ,
4
Amerah Alabrah ,
3
and Syed Sajid Ullah
5
1
Department of Information Technology, University of Sialkot, Pakistan
2
Department of Computer Science, Capital University of Science and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan
3
Department of Information Systems, College of Computer and Information Sciences, King Saud University,
Riyadh 11543, Saudi Arabia
4
School of Digital Science, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Jalan Tungku Link, Gadong BE1410, Brunei Darussalam
5
Department of Information and Communication Technology, University of Agder (UiA), N-4898 Grimstad, Norway
Correspondence should be addressed to Muhammad Irfan Khalid; irfan.khalid@uskt.edu.pk,
Saddam Hussain; saddam.sadie@csu.edu.cn, and Amerah Alabrah; aalobrah@ksu.edu.sa
Received 10 December 2021; Revised 9 January 2022; Accepted 17 January 2022; Published 15 February 2022
Academic Editor: Fahd Abd Algalil
Copyright © 2022 Muhammad Irfan Khalid et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons
Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work
is properly cited.
Land registration authorities are frequently held accountable for the alleged mismanagement and manipulation of land records in
various countries. Pakistan’s property records are especially vulnerable to falsification and corruption because of the country’s
poverty. Different parties therefore claim varying degrees of authority over a specific piece of land. Given the fact that this data
has been consolidated, it has become significantly more vulnerable to security threats. The goal of decentralized system
research has been to increase the reliability of these systems. In order to fix the flaws of centralized systems, blockchain-based
decentralized systems are currently in development. By using significant land record registration models as the basis for this
research, we hope to create a proof-of-concept system or framework for future use. Pakistan’s land registration agency will
benefit from our proposed conceptual framework. For the Pakistani government to implement a decentralized land record
registry system, we propose a conceptual framework that outlines the essential components.
1. Introduction
The process of land registration in any country is known to
be a multistep process, since it entails the engagement of all
stakeholders who will have a direct or indirect stake in the
registration. The currently used land record title storage
system raises major issues about data fraud, the security of
highly sensitive data, and the risk of system failure due to
natural disasters, such as the server used for data storage
going down [1]. Compared to the current approaches and
procedures for land title management and data storage,
blockchain is a cutting-edge technology and database that
has the ability to completely address the problems that
plague current systems. The basic and most important
aspect of blockchain technology is that it is a decentralized
network in which all data supplied by a single node are
confirmed by all other available nodes, and only after a
consensus is made can then the shared data be saved to
the blockchain [2].
There are various platforms being used for the creation
of reliable, decentralized, transparent, immutable, and secure
blockchain-based land registration and management
systems. Smart contracts based on the Ethereum blockchain
are gaining traction among these systems. Being a public
blockchain platform, it allows anyone to participate in the
blockchain ecosystem [3].
Many attempts have been made to map the land records to
this emerging technology (blockchain) with the goal of
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