Open Peer-to-Peer Systems over Blockchain and IPFS: An Agent Oriented Framework
Title | Open Peer-to-Peer Systems over Blockchain and IPFS: An Agent Oriented Framework |
Publication Type | Conference Paper |
Year of Publication | 2018 |
Authors | Tenorio-Fornés, Antonio, Hassan, Samer, Pavón, Juan |
Conference Name | Proceedings of the 1st Workshop on Cryptocurrencies and Blockchains for Distributed Systems |
Publisher | ACM |
Conference Location | New York, NY, USA |
ISBN Number | 978-1-4503-5838-5 |
Keywords | blockchain, decentralization, Distributed Systems, Framework, Human Behavior, human factor, human factors, IPFS, Metrics, multi-agent systems, P2P Systems, peer to peer security, pubcrawl, resilience, Resiliency, Scalability |
Abstract | In recent years, the increasing concerns around the centralized cloud web services (e.g. privacy, governance, surveillance, security) have triggered the emergence of new distributed technologies, such as IPFS or the Blockchain. These innovations have tackled technical challenges that were unresolved until their appearance. Existing models of peer-to-peer systems need a revision to cover the spectrum of potential systems that can be now implemented as peer-to-peer systems. This work presents a framework to build these systems. It uses an agent-oriented approach in an open environment where agents have only partial information of the system data. The proposal covers data access, data discovery and data trust in peer-to-peer systems where different actors may interact. Moreover, the framework proposes a distributed architecture for these open systems, and provides guidelines to decide in which cases Blockchain technology may be required, or when other technologies may be sufficient. |
URL | https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=3211933.3211937 |
DOI | 10.1145/3211933.3211937 |
Citation Key | tenorio-fornes_open_2018 |