Make Web3.0 Connected

【Author】 Liu, Zhuotao; Xiang, Yangxi; Shi, Jian; Gao, Peng; Wang, Haoyu; Xiao, Xusheng; Wen, Bihan; Li, Qi; Hu, Yih-Chun

【Source】IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON DEPENDABLE AND SECURE COMPUTING

【影响因子】6.791

【Abstract】Web3.0, often cited to drastically shape our lives, is ubiquitous. However, few literatures have discussed the crucial differentiators that separate Web3:0 from the era we are currently living in. Via a thorough analysis of the recent blockchain infrastructure evolution, we capture a key invariant featuring the evolution, based on which we provide the first academic definition for Web3.0. Our definition is not the only way of understanding Web3.0, yet, it captures the fundamental and defining trait of Web3:0, and meanwhile it is has two desirable properties. Under this definition, we articulate three key categories of infrastructural enablers for Web3.0: individual smart-contract capable blockchains, federated or centralized platforms capable of publishing verifiable states, and an interoperability platform to hyperconnect those state publishers to provide a unified and connected computing platform for Web3:0 applications. While innovations in all categories are necessary to fully enable Web3.0, in this article, we present a design for the third enabler, i.e., the first interoperability platform, namely HyperService, that advances the state-of-the-art by simultaneously delivers interoperability and programmability across heterogeneous blockchains and state publishers. HyperService is powered by two innovative designs: (i) a developer-facing programming framework that allows developers to build cross-chain applications in a unified programming model; and (ii) a secure blockchain-facing cryptography protocol that provably realizes those applications on blockchains. We implement a prototype of HyperService in approximately 62,000 lines of code to demonstrate its practicality, usability and scalability.

【Keywords】Web3.0; blockchain interoperability; smart contract

【发表时间】2022 1-Sep

【收录时间】2022-09-15

【文献类型】理论模型

【主题类别】

区块链应用-虚拟经济-金融领域