Blockchain Disaster-Relief DApps with SVM and Data Anchors for Fraud-Prevention

Abstract

VoucherAid and DataAnchor are prototype DApps for disaster-relief voucher processing that integrate on-chain rule enforcement, cryptographic data anchoring through fixed-size hash commitments, and an off-chain SVM-based analytics gateway. VoucherAid issues non-transferable vouchers, restricts redemption to certified merchants, and emits auditable events, while DataAnchor records time-stamped digests to support provenance verification without exposing sensitive content. A 200-record dataset was generated from on-chain logs and enriched with behavioral–temporal features derived from redemption activity. Experiments conducted in a single-node Ganache environment using a 70:30 split show that the SVM achieves 0.75 accuracy with perfect precision but limited recall for fraud (1.00 precision, 0.32 recall, 0.48 F1), indicating that the model cannot serve as a reliable stand-alone detector and is more appropriate as a conservative decision-support tool under human oversight. The prototype demonstrates that separating on-chain enforcement from off-chain analytics can enhance auditability and support model evolution without contract redeployment. However, the findings remain constrained by the small, partially synthetic dataset, the single-node evaluation environment, and programmatic labeling. Future work will expand datasets, incorporate richer temporal and graph-based features, adjust thresholds and class weights, and evaluate the system on multi-node networks to improve fraud recall while maintaining usability and inclusion.

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