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BlockML: a useful proof of work system based on machine learning tasks

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Middleware '19: Proceedings of the 20th International Middleware Conference Doctoral Symposium

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https://doi.org/10.1145/3366624.3368156

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The computation required by permissionless blockchains to securely moderate the block proposal rate is wasteful both in terms of energy and computation. We present BlockML, an alternative system that replaces Bitcoin's crypto puzzle with the training of Machine Learning (ML) models, providing a useful side product to the consensus protocol of permissionless blockchains.

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BlockML: a useful proof of work system based on machine learning tasks
1. Computing methodologies
  1. Artificial intelligence
    1. Distributed artificial intelligence
      1. Cooperation and coordination
  2. Machine learning
    1. Machine learning approaches
      1. Neural networks

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Middleware '19: Proceedings of the 20th International Middleware Conference Doctoral Symposium

December 2019

59 pages

ISBN:9781450370394

DOI:10.1145/3366624

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