Survey of Crowdsourcing Applications in Blockchain Systems
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Computer Science ›› 2021, Vol. 48 ›› Issue (11): 12-27.doi: 10.11896/jsjkx.210600152

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Survey of Crowdsourcing Applications in Blockchain Systems

LI Yu1, DUAN Hong-yue1, YIN Yu-yu1, GAO Hong-hao2   

  1. 1 School of Computer Science,Hangzhou Dianzi University,Hangzhou 310018,China
    2 School of Computer Engineering and Science,Shanghai University,Shanghai 200444,China
  • Received:2021-06-21 Revised:2021-08-20 Online:2021-11-15 Published:2021-11-10
  • About author:LI Yu,born in 1989,Ph.D,post-doctoral researcher,is a member of China Computer Federation.Her main research interests include crowdsourcing,spatial recommendation,database optimization,and cloud computing.
    YIN Yu-yu,born in 1980,Ph.D professor,master supervisor,is a member of China Computer Federation.His main research interests include edge computing,service computing and formal method.
  • Supported by:
    National Key Research and Development Project (2020YFB2103805),National Natural Science Foundation of China (61802098,61802093),Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province (LY21F020018) and Fundamental Research Funds for the Provincial Universities of Zhejiang (GK199900299012-025).

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Abstract: Blockchain technology can be extensively applied in diverse services,ranging from online micro-payment,supply chain tracking,digital forensics,health-care record sharing to insurance payment.Extending the technology to the crowdsourcing,we can obtain a verifiable and traceable crowdsourcing systems.Emerging research in crowdsourcing applications exploits blockchain technology to optimize the task assignment and reward payment using various consensus protocols and blockchain techniques,which can provide additional security,automatic,verifiable and traceable crowdsourcing platforms.In this paper,we conduct a systematic survey of the key components of crowdsourcing blockchain and compare a number of popular blockchain applications.In particular,we first give an architecture overview of popular crowdsourcing-blockchain systems by analyzing their network structures and protocols.Then,we discuss variant consensus protocols for crowdsourcing blockchains,and make comparisons among different consensus algorithms.Finally,we look forward to the future research problems in this field,and provide a large number of references.

Key words: Blockchain, Consensus protocols, Crowdsourcing, Privacy protection

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  • TP399
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