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Zlto: Increase and Track Positive Behavior using Secure Blockchain Technology

2019; Volume: 9; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.20533/ijisr.2042.4639.2019.0099

ISSN

2042-4639

Autores

Michael Gu, Allan Van Der Meulen, Kurt Appolis, Christine Taphel, Marlon Parker, Gary Wills,

Tópico(s)

Spam and Phishing Detection

Resumo

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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