Zlto: increase and track positive behaviour using secure blockchain technology
Zlto: increase and track positive behaviour using secure blockchain technology
Zlto(zlah-toh) is a project to provide secure validation of credentials for young people. Many African youth find it difficult to obtain jobs because of a lack of formal qualification, but they have a breath of informal skills. In this paper we will describe how we implement the Zlto system to provide proof of skills completed through a peer-to-peer evaluation mechanism and stored using blockchain. Since its first deployment in 2016, Zlto has processed over 1 million transactions. We present simulation and analysis of the reputation protocol used to verify work, and further evaluate the peer review process using a think a loud focus group method with a group of peer reviewers in order to improve the system.
Cryptocurrency, Zltos, community, blockchain, Ethereum, smart contracts, wallets
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Gu, Michael
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Gu, Michael
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Gu, Michael, Van Der Meulen, Allan, Appolis, Kurt, Taphel, Christine, Parker, Marlon and Wills, Gary
(2019)
Zlto: increase and track positive behaviour using secure blockchain technology.
International Journal for Information Security Research (IJISR), Volume 9 (Issue 2), , [2].
(doi:10.20533/ijisr.2042.4639.2019.0099).
Abstract
Zlto(zlah-toh) is a project to provide secure validation of credentials for young people. Many African youth find it difficult to obtain jobs because of a lack of formal qualification, but they have a breath of informal skills. In this paper we will describe how we implement the Zlto system to provide proof of skills completed through a peer-to-peer evaluation mechanism and stored using blockchain. Since its first deployment in 2016, Zlto has processed over 1 million transactions. We present simulation and analysis of the reputation protocol used to verify work, and further evaluate the peer review process using a think a loud focus group method with a group of peer reviewers in order to improve the system.
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Published date: June 2019
Keywords:
Cryptocurrency, Zltos, community, blockchain, Ethereum, smart contracts, wallets
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/433613
ISSN: 2042-4639
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Christine Taphel
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