The advent of Bitcoin, and consequently Blockchain, has ushered in a new era of decentralization. Blockchain enables mutually distrusting entities to work collaboratively to attain a common objective. However, current Blockchain technologies lack scalability, which limits their use in Internet of Things (IoT) applications. Many devices on the Internet have the computational and communication capabilities to facilitate decision-making. These devices will soon be a 50 billion node network. Furthermore, new IoT business models such as Sensor-as-a-Service (SaaS) require a robust Trust and Reputation System (TRS). In this paper, we introduce an innovative distributed ledger combining Tangle and Blockchain as a TRS framework for IoT. The combination of Tangle and Blockchain provides maintainability of the former and scalability of the latter. The proposed ledger can handle large numbers of IoT device transactions and facilitates low power nodes joining and contributing. Employing a distributed ledger mitigates many threats, such as whitewashing attacks. Along with combining payments and rating protocols, the proposed approach provides cleaner data to the upper layer reputation algorithm.
翻译:Bitcoin的出现,以及随之而来的Black链链,带来了一个新的权力下放时代。Black链使互不信任的实体能够合作实现一个共同目标。然而,目前的Black链技术缺乏可缩放性,限制了其在Tings(IoT)应用互联网中的使用。互联网上的许多设备都具有计算和通信能力,便于决策。这些设备很快将是一个500亿个节点网络。此外,新的IoT商务模式,如Sensor-as-as-service(Saas-s-servicice)需要强有力的信任和估量系统(TRS)。在本文件中,我们采用了一种创新的分布式分类账,将Tangle和Block链结合起来,作为IT的TRS框架。 Trangle和Block链的组合提供了前者的可维持性和后者的可缩放能力。拟议的分类可以处理大量的IoT设备交易,并促进低功率节点的加入和贡献。使用分布式的分类,可以减轻许多威胁,例如洗白攻击。除了合并支付和评级协议外,拟议的办法为高层信誉提供了更清洁的数据。