Abstract
This paper focuses on the viability of using smart contract controlled electronic locks to give access to people by the lock’s owner in locations like hotels, coworking spaces or even their homes. The goal is that the guest rents a property using the lock and receives a temporary digital key according to his reservation which he uses to unlock the property’s door using an app on his smartphone. The lock was designed using a Raspberry Pi 3 B+ controlling a 12v solenoid lock through a python script and running the chirp.io audio communication protocol for both microcomputer and smartphone. The smart contracts were developed using Solidity from the Ethereum platform. The paper will cover the designed architecture and implementation details of the project.
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Zaparoli, M.X., de Souza, A.D., de Oliveira Monteiro, A.H. (2019). SmartLock: Access Control Through Smart Contracts and Smart Property. In: Latifi, S. (eds) 16th International Conference on Information Technology-New Generations (ITNG 2019). Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 800. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14070-0_16
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