Jian Shang^1,2,*, Runmin Guan², Wei Wang²

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.37, No.3, pp. 2609-2626, 2023, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2023.037694

Abstract The wide application of intelligent terminals in microgrids has fueled the surge of data amount in recent years. In real-world scenarios, microgrids must store large amounts of data efficiently while also being able to withstand malicious cyberattacks. To meet the high hardware resource requirements, address the vulnerability to network attacks and poor reliability in the traditional centralized data storage schemes, this paper proposes a secure storage management method for microgrid data that considers node trust and directed acyclic graph (DAG) consensus mechanism. Firstly, the microgrid data storage model is designed based on the edge computing technology. The blockchain, deployed on… More >

Yiqun Zhu¹, Shuxian Sun¹, Chunyu Liu¹, Xinyi Tian¹, Jingyi He², Shuai Xiao^2,*

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.136, No.3, pp. 3285-3297, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2023.026691

Abstract With the rapid development of artificial intelligence and computer technology, grid corporations have also begun to move towards comprehensive intelligence and informatization. However, data-based informatization can bring about the risk of privacy exposure of fine-grained information such as electricity consumption data. The modeling of electricity consumption data can help grid corporations to have a more thorough understanding of users’ needs and their habits, providing better services for users. Nevertheless, users’ electricity consumption data is sensitive and private. In order to achieve highly efficient analysis of massive private electricity consumption data without direct access, a blockchain-based federated learning method is proposed… More >

Xiaofang Qiu^1,2, Zhi Qin^1,2,*, Wunan Wan^1,2, Jinquan Zhang^1,2, Jinliang Guo^1,2, Shibin Zhang^1,2, Jinyue Xia³

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.73, No.2, pp. 2577-2589, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.028757

Abstract In recent years, Blockchain is gaining prominence as a hot topic in academic research. However, the consensus mechanism of blockchain has been criticized in terms of energy consumption and performance. Although Proof-of-Authority (PoA) consensus mechanism, as a lightweight consensus mechanism, is more efficient than traditional Proof-of-Work (PoW) and Proof-of-Stake (PoS), it suffers from the problem of centralization. To this end, on account of analyzing the shortcomings of existing consensus mechanisms, this paper proposes a dynamic reputation-based consensus mechanism for blockchain. This scheme allows nodes with reputation value higher than a threshold apply to become a monitoring node, which can monitor… More >

Wei Zhou¹, Hao Wang², Ghulam Mohiuddin³, Dan Chen^4,*, Yongjun Ren¹

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.34, No.3, pp. 1473-1488, 2022, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2022.029657

Abstract As the basis of cloud computing, distributed storage technology mainly studies how data centers store, organize and manage data. Blockchain has become the most secure solution for cloud storage due to its decentralization and immutability. Consensus mechanism is one of the core technologies of blockchain, which affects the transaction processing capability, security and scalability of blockchain. The current mainstream consensus algorithms such as Proof of Work, Proof of Stake, and Delegated Proof of Stake all have the problem of wasting resources. And with the explosive growth of data, cloud storage nodes store a large amount of redundant data, which inevitably… More >

Jieren Cheng^1,3, Yuan Zhang^2,3,*, Yuming Yuan⁴, Hui Li⁴, Xiangyan Tang^1,3, Victor S. Sheng⁵, Guangjing Hu^1,3

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.73, No.1, pp. 1385-1402, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.026437

Abstract The research on the governing blockchain by blockchain supervision system is an important development trend of blockchain technology. In this system there is a supervisory blockchain managing and governing the supervised blockchain based on blockchain technology, results in a uniquely cross-blockchain demand to consensus mechanism for solving the trust problem between supervisory blockchain and supervised blockchain. To solve this problem, this paper proposes a cross-blockchain consensus mechanism based on smart contract and a set of smart contracts endorse the cross-blockchain consensus. New consensus mechanism called Proof-of-Endorse-Contracts (PoEC) consensus, which firstly transfers the consensus reached in supervisory blockchain to supervised blockchain… More >

Rui Song¹, Yubo Song^1,*, Ziming Liu², Min Tang², Kan Zhou³

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.60, No.3, pp. 973-987, 2019, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2019.06035

Abstract The birth of blockchain has promoted the development of electronic currencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum. Blockchain builds a financial system based on cryptology instead of credit, which allows parties to complete the transaction on their own without the need for credible third-party intermediaries. So far, the application scenario of blockchain is mainly confined to the peer-to-peer electronic financial system, which obviously does not fully utilize the potential of blockchain.
In this paper, we introduce GaiaWorld, a new system for decentralized application. To solve the problem of resource waste and mismatch between nodes and computing power in traditional PoW… More >