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A Decentralized Crowdfunding Platform for Transparent and Anonymous Donations
Subject area: Science,Engineering and Technology · Area of research: Blockchain
Abstract
The design and deployment of a decentralised crowdfunding web application that permits transparent but private bitcoin donations is presented in this paper. Our platform consists of a React/Tailwind frontend, Thirdweb SDK for Web3 integration, and an Ethereum smart contract written in Solidity to manage campaigns and contributions. ETH is donated to campaigns by donors using their wallets (like MetaMask) without disclosing any personal information other than their pseudonymous address. While the lack of centralised accounts maintains donor anonymity, the blockchain's immutable ledger documents every transaction, guaranteeing confidence and transparency of financial flows 1 2. The implementation of key features (campaign creation, donation, and data retrieval), deployment on Ethereum testnets, and system architecture (smart contract, backend, and frontend stack) are all covered in detail. We show testing results and examine privacy/security issues (such as pseudonymity vs. traceability 3). The outcomes show that our platform preserves donor anonymity while achieving on-chain accountability for money. We detail next work to improve privacy and performance and talk about limitations (such as scalability and anonymity constraints 4).
How to cite this paper
@article{1708730,
author = {Prathamesh Kolhe, Bhushan Dhawan, Sneha Ghosh, Neha Rathod},
title = {A Decentralized Crowdfunding Platform for Transparent and Anonymous Donations},
journal = {Iconic Research And Engineering Journals},
year = {2025},
volume = {8},
number = {11},
pages = {2205-2210},
issn = {2456-8880},
url = {https://www.irejournals.com/formatedpaper/1708730.pdf},
abstract = {The design and deployment of a decentralised crowdfunding web application that permits transparent but private bitcoin donations is presented in this paper. Our platform consists of a React/Tailwind frontend, Thirdweb SDK for Web3 integration, and an Ethereum smart contract written in Solidity to manage campaigns and contributions. ETH is donated to campaigns by donors using their wallets (like MetaMask) without disclosing any personal information other than their pseudonymous address. While the lack of centralised accounts maintains donor anonymity, the blockchain's immutable ledger documents every transaction, guaranteeing confidence and transparency of financial flows 1 2. The implementation of key features (campaign creation, donation, and data retrieval), deployment on Ethereum testnets, and system architecture (smart contract, backend, and frontend stack) are all covered in detail. We show testing results and examine privacy/security issues (such as pseudonymity vs. traceability 3). The outcomes show that our platform preserves donor anonymity while achieving on-chain accountability for money. We detail next work to improve privacy and performance and talk about limitations (such as scalability and anonymity constraints 4).},
month = {May},
}