Scalable Blockchain for Offline Payments over Bidirectional Channels

此项目为卑诗大学维克托梁教授的研究小组提供首次与RightMesh合作的机会，RightMesh是一家专注于在异构移动的广告网络中提供新型无线数据服务的初创公司。在RightMesh，科学家和工程师们已经创建了一个新的技术平台和协议，用于连接ad hoc无线网状网络中的用户，并在这样做的过程中，为全球数十亿未连接的用户创造了新的连接选项。有了RightMesh，人们每天携带的设备就形成了基础设施。关键的原则是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使用并且可以轻松负担的设备上。无需额外的硬件或基础设施。一个分散的移动的网状网络平台，由区块链技术和令牌化提供支持，可以将连接的力量重新交到人们手中。合作研究利用了UBC团队在ad hoc网络，设备到设备通信，网络安全和区块链技术在开发支付渠道系统，以支持人们共享信息或网络资源的支付交易通过广告网络。项目分为两个任务：（1）多方双向支付通道设计，（2）带支付通道的离线支付架构设计。该项目实现了RightMesh和UBC之间的初步合作研究，旨在发展长期合作伙伴关系，以推进加拿大区块链和加密货币小额支付技术，这将可能吸引大量投资，并在未来十年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.