Bridging Blockchain Technology and Humanitarian Demining: A Novel Concept for Decentralized Storage of Landmine and UXO Locations

This paper presents a proposal to explore decentralized storage solutions and the potential of blockchain technologies, in particular, Filecoin network and Storage.NFT framework, for the secure and reliable storage of landmine locations and descriptive information for non-technical survey in humanitarian demining. The presented innovative approach offers numerous benefits such as decentralized and secure storage, tamper-proof data, trust, and transparent data access by implementing reliable blockchain technology in the field of demining. Scalability, transparency, reliability, integration with existing systems, legal compliance, and cost-effectiveness are issues that need to be further explored. Using blockchain technology to store information in minefield records can significantly improve the efficiency, accessibility, and safety of humanitarian demining operations.