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REPUTABLE: A Decentralized Reputation System for Blockchain-based Ecosystems

REPUTABLE: A Decentralized Reputation System for Blockchain-based Ecosystems

Slides presented at the ONTOCHAIN Summit for Trustworthy Internet by Junaid Arshad, Associate Professor at the Birmingham City University

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June 02, 2022
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  1. REPUTABLE
    Dr Junaid Arshad
    Birmingham City University
    [email protected]
    Berlin, Germany
    June, 2022

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  2. | ONTOCHAIN.NGI.EU
    • ONTOCHAIN aims to develop a trustworthy platform for content
    sharing and information exchange exemplified through high-
    impact verticals
    • Mechanisms which can facilitate trustworthy interaction with
    external services are critical to achieving ONTOCHAIN objectives
    • Reputation systems provide a measure of trustworthiness
    CONTEXT

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  3. | ONTOCHAIN.NGI.EU
    • REPUTABLE is an innovative solution which addresses these
    requirements and has the potential to deliver a cross-platform,
    privacy-aware reputation system
    • It leverages blockchain technology to achieve decentralised,
    verifiable calculation of reputation scores
    • It enables interaction with end users and systems through a secure
    reputation analytics dashboard to facilitate user verification and
    seamless integration with other systems and services
    REPUTABLE CONCEPT

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  4. | ONTOCHAIN.NGI.EU
    REPUTABLE ARCHITECTURE

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  5. | ONTOCHAIN.NGI.EU
    • Achieve anonymity of feedback by de-linking user identity
    • Develop an aggregate reputation score for a service provider based on
    user feedback
    • Capture and maintain provenance of the reputation scores
    • Achieved through the use of decentralised oracles
    • Store reputation data (agg. score & raw feedback)
    • Aggregate score stored on-chain (integrity checking, verifiability)
    • Raw feedback stored off-chain (linked with on-chain reputation scores)
    • Query interface to enable user verification, analytics and
    interoperability with other services
    KEY OBJECTIVES

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  6. | ONTOCHAIN.NGI.EU
    • Privacy-aware user feedback which is collected via a
    web form and stored on the chain for aggregation
    • A proprietary oracle which facilities aggregation of
    user feedbacks to generate aggregate score
    • Aggregate reputation score is saved on-chain,
    encrypted individual scores off-chain
    • Implemented a dashboard which enables users to
    query and verify
    • individual user feedback
    • aggregate score for a seller
    • API to enable interoperability with other applications
    PoC IMPLEMENTATION

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  7. | ONTOCHAIN.NGI.EU
    • We have been able to develop a prototype implementation of the REPUTABLE
    system which achieves:
    • User-centric reputation modelling and calculation
    • Privacy-preserving user engagement
    • Verifiable reputation calculation
    • Decentralisation leveraging blockchain properties
    • Interoperability with other services of the ecosystem
    KEY INNOVATIONS

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  8. | ONTOCHAIN.NGI.EU
    • Marketplaces to be able to rate sellers based on user experience
    • Users who wish to ascertain trustworthiness of sellers on a marketplace
    • Reputation management systems who wish to conduct reputation analytics for
    their customers
    TARGETED USERS OF REPUTABLE?

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  9. | ONTOCHAIN.NGI.EU
    • Our PoC currently relies on a centralised proprietary oracle which is limitation.
    We wish to explore:
    • use of iExec to achieve decentralisation
    • achieve decentralisation of proprietary oracle
    • Explore use of sidechains to achieve a more scalable, efficient and cost-effective
    solution
    • Our PoC achieves a time-window based reputation calculation which is capable
    of dealing with one query. We wish to explore enhancements in reputation
    calculation method to achieve a multi-variate reputation calculation
    NEXT STEPS

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  10. STAY UPDATED
    AND GET INVOLVED!
    /company/ontochain
    ontochain.ngi.eu
    @ONTOCHAIN
    @ONTOCHAIN
    f6s.com/ontochainproject
    /channel/UCcF7Ovd99lOKcjMGQdnhIvA
    Thank you!
    /in/drjunaidarshad/
    [email protected]

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