Blockchain-Powered Metaverse: Enhancing Security, Decentralization, and Interoperability for Next-Generation Virtual Ecosystems

Authors

  • Akshaj Saini Chandigarh University Mohali, Punjab Author
  • Navjot Kumari Chandigarh University Mohali, Punjab Author
  • Garima Thakur Chandigarh University Mohali, Punjab Author
  • Parteek Chandigarh University Mohali, Punjab Author
  • Sahil Kaushik Chandigarh University Mohali, Punjab Author
  • Tanmay Kumar Jaiswal Chandigarh University Mohali, Punjab Author
  • Bharat Sharma Chandigarh University Mohali, Punjab Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21467/proceedings.7.6.10

Keywords:

Blockchain, Metaverse, Decentralization

Abstract

We are witnessing the invention of a new digital world that integrates the real and virtual worlds with technologies like augmented reality, virtual reality, and mixed reality – known as the metaverse. However, the universal acceptance of the metaverse is constrained due to major issues such as security risks, inadequate user trust, lack of scalability, and other factors relating to privacy and data control. Enhances blockchain security, transparency, and interoperability enables a promising metaverse solution that decentralizes control. This paper explores such frameworks, focusing on identity management systems, interoperability protocols, blockchain-based sustainable consensus governance structures, and user and developer empowerment models that transform user and developer control. Additionally, it addresses AI-powered immersive experience personalization, ethical data-selling frameworks, and edge-integrated blockchains for real-time interactions. The study underlines the importance of blockchain technology in resolving the security, scalability, usability, and efficiency challenges related to the metaverse; therefore, nurturing future virtual environments that are centred on trust and inclusivity while fostering sustainable innovations and advanced technology.

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2025-11-21

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Vol. 7 No. 6 (2025): Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Cybersecurity

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A. Saini, “Blockchain-Powered Metaverse: Enhancing Security, Decentralization, and Interoperability for Next-Generation Virtual Ecosystems”, AIJR Proc., vol. 7, no. 6, pp. 75–81, Nov. 2025, doi: 10.21467/proceedings.7.6.10.