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I'm trying to store user data ( name, national identity number, birthday,etc.) by converting all data into hash and store it in the input field of block in the Blockchain. But , the problem is that how can I know data I am trying to store is already existed in the blockchain cause I want to prevent data duplicate . I am running my blockchain on local private network using geth. By the way, is my data storing method okay or should I change to use smart contract for storing data.

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It should be OK to use a transaction's input field to store data, but you will have some limitations:

  • It is not indexed so data there cannot be easily queried. You can create and maintain an external index though.
  • It is unmodifiable. Once a transaction is mined it cannot be modified.

One possible solution in Ethereum is to use a smart contract to store and query data.

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  • Thanks a lot for your answer. Could you answer me one more question please? As I mentioned in this post, when user try to store data into blockchain, how can I notify and reject to store his data in blockchain if that data already exists in blockchain ? Is it possible? Oct 19, 2020 at 18:00
  • @MayThanzin It depends on the storage solution you choose. It is easy if you use a smart contract, you can use a mapping to index stored your data, if it already exists you can reject any change, or require some permissions in order to modify it.
    – Ismael
    Oct 19, 2020 at 20:16

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