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@article{199025,
        author = {Aaradhya Patangiya and Arokiaraj Jovith A},
        title = {BIPV: Blockchain-Based Identity and Privacy Verification for Airport Passenger Screening Using Circom Groth16 zk-SNARKs},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2026},
        volume = {12},
        number = {11},
        pages = {14645-14652},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=199025},
        abstract = {Background: Airport security demands sub-second, high-throughput identity verification while increasingly stringent privacy regulation prohibits the centralized accumulation of passenger data. Existing deployments copy complete passenger profiles to every checkpoint terminal, multiplying the data breach surface at each journey touchpoint and conflicting with GDPR data minimization requirements.
Methods: This paper presents BIPV (Blockchain-based Identity and Privacy Verification), a system that resolves this tension through programmable zero-knowledge proofs. BIPV anchors only cryptographic references on a Hyperledger Fabric consortium blockchain; passengers prove eligibility at checkpoints via Circom-compiled Groth16 zk-SNARKs that confirm policy compliance without disclosing any underlying personal attributes. We detail the Circom circuit design for airport policy predicates (AgeVerifier, NationalityChecker, DocumentValidator), a proof pre-computation and caching strategy that eliminates gate-lane latency, and a Hyperledger Fabric consortium governance model that anchors verification keys without recording passenger movement.
Results: Our prototype achieves 0.42 s mean verification latency, 2,380 passengers per checkpoint per hour, and a 94.7% reduction in PII exposure relative to centralized baselines, evaluated across 1,000 simulated verification sessions. Security analysis confirms resistance to credential forgery, replay attacks, and consortium collusion under standard cryptographic assumptions.
Conclusions: BIPV satisfies GDPR data minimization requirements, ICAO Annex 17, and IATA One ID guidelines. Beyond aviation, the BIPV model generalizes to any domain requiring high-assurance, high-throughput identity verification under privacy obligations.},
        keywords = {zero-knowledge proofs; Circom; Groth16; zk-SNARKs; blockchain; decentralized identity; airport security; Hyperledger Fabric; self-sovereign identity; GDPR; privacy-preserving verification; verifiable credentials},
        month = {April},
        }