Blockchain-based Crowdsourcing Task Management and Solution Verification Method

Abstract

Crowdsourcing relies on Internet-wide capability to solve the complicated or large-scale tasks that are difficult to accomplish separately by individuals. However, traditional centralized crowdsourcing systems highly depend on the centralized coordination server to operate, making it extremely vulnerable to the single-point bottleneck and failure. And the whole system lacks verifiable trustworthiness among the participants. This paper proposes a blockchain-based framework for the distributed crowdsourcing without relying solely on any single trusted entity. The solutions for the outsourced tasks are verified with consensus among the participants with a reputation mechanism. We prove by theoretical security analysis that the proposed scheme resists malicious attacks better comparing to other typical crowdsourcing schemes. A prototype system is implemented based on Ethereum to demonstrate the overhead performance in various aspects. Theoretical and experimental evaluations show that the proposed scheme possesses reliability, security, quality, and feasibility.