Design of a Fair Distributed Computing Platform Based on Distributed Ledger Technology and Performance Measurements

We propose a fair distributed computing platform based on Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) and performance measurements. The platform integrates DLT and federated learning, enabling users to train machine learning models on their local devices without compromising their privacy by sharing their data with a central server. Instead, only the trained model weights are uploaded to a central server for aggregation. To address privacy concerns associated with federated learning, we integrate various privacy-preserving methods, such as differential privacy, model pruning, and homomorphic encryption, into the platform framework. These techniques help protect user privacy while improving model accuracy. To address the non-IID data problem in federated learning, we use performance measurements to balance the training workload among users, and blacklist malicious users while incentivizing participation. DLT ensures the security and integrity of the platform by validating and recording all data transactions on the ledger. Overall, the proposed platform has the potential to revolutionize machine learning model training by making it more efficient, secure, fair, and transparent.