Table 3 Simulation environment setup.

From: Enhancing confidentiality and access control in electronic health record systems using a hybrid hashing blockchain framework

Component

Specification

Blockchain Framework

Simulated private blockchain ledger

Hashing Algorithm

SHA-256

Data Compression

Lightweight lossless compression technique

Encryption Method

AES-256 for secure transmission

Access Control

Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)

Testing Platform

Ubuntu 20.04, 16-core CPU, 64GB RAM

Simulation Tool

Hyperledger Fabric, Python, MATLAB

Network Latency

10–50 ms

Transaction Volume

1 million records

Security Testing

Attack simulations for MITM, unauthorized access, and data tampering

Data Storage

IPFS (InterPlanetary File System) for distributed storage

Smart Contract Language

Solidity

Consensus Mechanism

Practical Byzantine Fault Tolerance (PBFT)

Node Configuration

5 blockchain nodes for decentralized validation

Block Size

1 MB

Transaction Speed

300 transactions per second

Validation Mechanism

Merkle Tree-based hashing