Title
A Game for Task Offloading in Reputation-Based Consortium Blockchain Networks
Abstract
This letter studies the task offloading in reputation-based consortium blockchain networks, where the tasks are transmitted to Edge Computing Servers (ECSs) due to limited resources. We propose a novel Delegated Proof of Stake (DPoS) consensus mechanism in which validation nodes (including active nodes and backup nodes) are voted based on their reputation. The incentive identifies the reputation and the consensus delay as two major factors determining the reward. A three-stage Stackelberg game is developed to jointly minimize cost of the users and maximize utilities of the master node and the validation nodes. We analyze the unique Stackelberg equilibrium exists in the proposed game by the backward induction. The simulation results demonstrate that the designed incentive is feasible for trust management, and the proposed consensus has lower delay and higher decentralization compared with the traditional DPoS.
Year
DOI
Venue
2022
10.1109/LWC.2022.3177431
IEEE Wireless Communications Letters
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Consortium blockchain,reputation,task offloading,edge computing,Stackelberg game
Journal
11
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
7
2162-2337
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
9
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Die Wang100.34
Yunjian Jia26713.92
Liang Liang3418.91
Mianxiong Dong42018152.73
Kaoru Ota51620109.91