Proof-of-learning: A blockchain consensus mechanism based on machine learning competitions

Bravo-Marquez, Felipe; Reeves, Steve; Ugarte, Martin

doi:10.1109/DAPPCON.2019.00023

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Bravo-Marquez, F., Reeves, S., & Ugarte, M. (2019). Proof-of-learning: A blockchain consensus mechanism based on machine learning competitions. In Proceedings of 2019 IEEE International Conference on Decentralized Applications and Infrastructures (DAPPCON 2019) (pp. 119–124). Washington, DC, USA: IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/DAPPCON.2019.00023

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Abstract

This article presents WekaCoin, a peer-to-peer cryptocurrency based on a new distributed consensus protocol called Proof-of-Learning. Proof-of-learning achieves distributed consensus by ranking machine learning systems for a given task. The aim of this protocol is to alleviate the computational waste involved in hashing-based puzzles and to create a public distributed and verifiable database of state-of-the-art machine learning models and experiments.

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2019

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