CrowdBC: A blockchain-based decentralized framework for crowdsourcing

• Main Authors: LI, Ming, WENG, Jian, YANG, Anjia, LU, Wei, ZHANG, Yue, HOU, Lin, LIU, Jiannan, XIANG, Yang, DENG, Robert H.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2019
• Subjects: Decentralized framework; Crowdsourcing; Blockchain; Smart contract; Information Security
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/4625; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/5628/viewcontent/2017_444.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Crowdsourcing systems which utilize the human intelligence to solve complex tasks have gained considerable interest and adoption in recent years. However, the majority of existing crowdsourcing systems rely on central servers, which are subject to the weaknesses of traditional trust-based model, suc...