Distributed Transaction Validation Using Proof-of-Use Priorities
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing transaction validation methods in distributed computing systems, such as blockchain networks, lack an efficient mechanism to ensure that only active users who validate transactions are rewarded, leading to potential abuse and inefficiencies.
Innovation Solution
A transaction validation method and system that utilizes 'Proof-of-Use' (PoU) principles, where users' validation performance and equilibration parameters are used to determine their priority and reward distribution, ensuring that only active users who validate others' transactions are also rewarded, thereby maintaining a balanced and secure network.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If proof-of-work or proof-of-stake is used for transaction validation, then consensus is achieved among computing device peers, but the system cannot efficiently ensure that only active users who validate transactions are rewarded
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a feedback mechanism where users receive rewards based on their validation performance parameters. The system continuously monitors validation activity and adjusts rewards accordingly, creating a feedback loop that incentivizes active participation while maintaining consensus reliability
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces validation performance parameters as a new dimension for evaluating user contribution. By changing the evaluation parameters from purely computational effort (POW) or stake amount (POS) to include active validation behavior, the system can efficiently identify and reward active users while maintaining validation reliability
2Productivity
If validation performance parameters are tracked and rewarded, then active users are incentivized, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The validation performance parameter system serves multiple functions simultaneously: it tracks validation activity, determines user priority, allocates rewards, and maintains network security. By making the parameter system multi-functional, the patent reduces overall system complexity despite the added tracking requirements
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically tracks and evaluates validation performance parameters without requiring manual intervention. Users self-regulate their validation behavior based on the reward incentives, and the system autonomously manages the complexity of parameter tracking and reward distribution
3Reliability
If validation priorities are assigned based on parameters, then reward distribution becomes fairer, but the measurement and detection complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system continuously monitors validation activity and provides feedback in the form of updated performance parameters and rewards. This feedback mechanism ensures fair distribution while the automated monitoring handles the measurement complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces complex manual evaluation mechanisms with automated parameter tracking and cryptographic verification. By using blockchain technology and automated smart contracts, the system simplifies the measurement and detection of validation performance while maintaining fairness
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AI summary
A method and system for transaction validation in a distributed computing system, the method including: associating first and second parameters with respective users of the distributed computing system, the first parameter being determined based on an increment for each validation performed by a respective user and a decrement for each transaction validation performed by the respective user, the second parameter being determined based on a transaction history and a validation history of the respective users; and associating respective validation priorities in respect of performing a validation task with members of a first set of validating users having at least one of the validating users other than the first of the users, the respective validation priorities being determined based on the first and second parameters associated with the members of the first set of validating users, the validation task comprising validation of the transaction.