Social-Chain: Decentralized Trust Evaluation Based on Blockchain in Pervasive Social Networking

【Author】 Yan, Zheng; Peng, Li; Feng, Wei; Yang, Laurence T.

【Source】ACM TRANSACTIONS ON INTERNET TECHNOLOGY

【影响因子】3.989

【Abstract】Pervasive Social Networking (PSN) supports online and instant social activities with the support of heterogeneous networks. Since reciprocal activities among both familiar/unfamiliar strangers and acquaintances are quite common in PSN, it is essential to offer trust information to PSN users. Past work normally evaluates trust based on a centralized party, which is not feasible due to the dynamic changes of PSN topology and its specific characteristics. The literature still lacks a decentralized trust evaluation scheme in PSN. In this article, we propose a novel blockchain-based decentralized system for trust evaluation in PSN, called Social-Chain. Considering mobile devices normally lack computing resources to process cryptographic puzzle calculation, we design a lightweight consensus mechanism based on Proof-of-Trust (PoT), which remarkably improves system effectivity compared with other blockchain systems. Serious security analysis and experimental results further illustrate the security and efficiency of Social-Chain for being feasibly applied into PSN.

【Keywords】Trust evaluation; blockchain; consensus mechanism; pervasive social networking

【发表时间】2021 FEB

【收录时间】2022-01-02

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