Designing the solution

Now that we have qualified our use case for a blockchain-based solution, let's get down to designing the solution in line with the constructs of OBP.

There is no fixed sequence of steps for the design process. It is up to the solution designer's discretion. The primary objective should be to achieve clarity on various aspects of an OBP solution, from a logical view to deployment aspects.

Business network topology

As we mentioned previously, for our use case, we are considering three stakeholders. These are OEU, ORS, and certificate viewers/verifiers (let's give this an acronym of CVs). We need to determine the roles of each of these stakeholders based on their function:

• OEU is the university...