Scalable Blockchain for Offline Payments over Bidirectional Channels

这个项目为梁教授在UBC的研究小组提供了第一次与RightMesh合作的机会，RightMesh是一家专注于在不同类型的移动广告网络中提供新型无线数据服务的初创公司。在RightMesh，科学家和工程师创建了一种新的技术平台和协议，用于在临时无线网状网络中连接用户，并通过这样做，为全球数十亿未连接的用户创造了新的连接选项。有了RightMesh，人们每天从基础设施中携带的设备。关键原则是RightMesh网络是自我形成、自我修复和自我调节的。它运行在世界上大多数人已经在使用的设备上，而且很容易买得起。不需要额外的硬件或基础设施。一个由区块链技术和令牌化驱动的去中心化移动网状网络平台可以将连接的权力重新掌握在人们手中。协作研究利用UBC团队在自组织网络、设备到设备通信、网络安全和区块链技术方面的经验开发支付渠道系统，以支持支付交易，以支持人们通过ad hocNetwork共享信息或网络资源。该项目分为两个任务：(1)多方双向支付渠道设计，(2)线下支付支付渠道架构设计。该项目实现了RightMesh和UBC之间的初步合作研究，目的是发展长期合作伙伴关系，以推动加拿大区块链和加密货币微支付技术的发展，这可能会在未来十年吸引大量投资，并为高技能工人提供许多就业机会。

This project provides the first opportunity for Prof. Victor Leung's research group at UBC to collaborate withRightMesh, a startup focusing on offering a novel wireless data service in heterogeneous mobile ad hocnetworks. At RightMesh, scientists and engineers have created a new technology platform and protocols forconnecting users in an ad hoc wireless mesh network, and in so doing, creating new connectivity options tobillions of unconnected users around the world. With RightMesh, the devices people already carry aroundevery day form the infrastructure. The key principle is that the RightMesh network is self-forming, self-healing,and self-regulating. It runs on devices most of the world already uses and can easily afford. No additionalhardware or infrastructure is required. A decentralized mobile mesh networking platform, powered byblockchain technology and tokenization, can put the power of connectivity back into the hands of the people.The collaborative research leverages the experience of the UBC team on ad hoc networks, device-to-devicecommunications, network security and blockchain technology in the development of a payment channel systemto enable payment transactions in support of people sharing information or network resources over ad hocnetworks. The project is divided into two tasks: (1) bidirectional payment channel design for multiple parties,and (2) architecture design for offline payment with payment channel. This project enables an initialcollaborative research engagement between RightMesh and UBC with the intention of developing a long-termpartnership to advance Canadian technologies for blockchain and the micropayment of cryptocurrency, whichwill potentially attract substantial investments and provide many employment opportunities for highly skilledworkers over the next decade.