SBIR Phase I: Blockchain architecture for improved, cost-effective, secure transactions

小型企业创新研究(SBIR)项目的更广泛影响/商业潜力是促进安全交易。拟议中的项目允许进行商业交易，而无需担心网络犯罪。预期的成本降低将使公司能够安全地与负担不起常见网络安全解决方案的个人和家庭接触。拟议的区块链流程将提高包括能源、交通、金融、电信和制造在内的关键基础设施的安全性和弹性，并实现真正的智能城市和未来的安装。这个SBIR 第一阶段项目提出了多分段和多路径设计，以大幅改进交易并减少所需的计算资源。区块链使用所需的计算资源主要涉及搜索完整的区块链以寻找适当的记录。建议的解决方案通过分割区块链来搜索较小的区块链，从而消除了对整个区块链所需的搜索。该项目将研究、开发和实施一种改进当前知识状态的方法，从而在不影响交易保真度的情况下提高区块链交易的性能，从而消除对区块链工作证明共识模型的需求。该项目将研究几个区块链以及最终实现的共识和非共识模型。验证包括在任何修改之前确定的每个选定区块链的基准交易测量。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) project is to facilitate secure transactions. The proposed project allows business transactions without the fear of cybercrime. The expected cost reductions will enable a company to safely engage with individuals and families who cannot afford commonly available cybersecurity solutions. The proposed blockchain process will improve security and resilience of critical infrastructure including energy, transportation, finance, telecommunications, and manufacturing, as well as enabling true smart cities and installations of the future.This SBIR Phase I project proposes a multi-segment and multipath design for substantial transactional improvement and reduction in required computing resources. Computing resources required in blockchain usage primarily involve the searching of the complete blockchain for the appropriate record. The proposed solution eliminates the required search of the complete blockchain by segmenting the blockchain to search smaller segments. This project will research, develop and implement a method for improving the current state of knowledge with resulting performance improvement of blockchain transactions without compromising the fidelity of the transaction, thereby eliminating the need for a blockchain Proof of Work Consensus Model. The project will research several blockchains as well as the consensus and non-consensus models for final implementation. Validation includes a baseline transaction measurement for each of the chosen blockchains identified before any modifications.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.