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Governing Decentralized Complex Queries Through a DAO

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Mirko Zichichi,

Stefano Ferretti,

Gabriele D'AngeloAuthors Info & Claims

GoodIT '21: Proceedings of the Conference on Information Technology for Social Good

Pages 121 - 126

https://doi.org/10.1145/3462203.3475910

Published: 09 September 2021 Publication History

Abstract

Recently, a new generation of P2P systems capable of addressing data integrity and authenticity has emerged for the development of new applications for a "more" decentralized Internet, i.e., Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLT) and Decentralized File Systems (DFS). However, these technologies still have some unanswered issues, mostly related to data lookup and discovery. In this paper, first, we propose a Distributed Hash Table (DHT) system that efficiently manages decentralized keyword-based queries executed on data stored in DFS. Through a hypercube logical layout, queries are efficiently routed among the network, where each node is responsible for a specific keywords set and the related contents. Second, we provide a framework for the governance of the above network, based on a Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) implementation. We show how the use of smart contracts enables organizational decision making and rewards for nodes that have actively contributed to the DHT. Finally, we provide experimental validation of an implementation of our proposal, where the execution of the same protocol for different logical nodes of the hypercube allows us to evaluate the efficiency of communication within the network.

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Governing Decentralized Complex Queries Through a DAO
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