Proof of Response
Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing
2025-02-18 v1 Artificial Intelligence
Cryptography and Security
Abstract
We present a mechanism that for a network of participants allows one participant of the network (Alice) to request some data from another participant (Bob) and either receive a response from Bob within a known-in-advance, bounded time b, or receive a proof that at least one edge on the way to Bob was broken within b, or receive a streaming payment proportional to time passed beyond b during which neither was received. This mechanism allows for building downstream applications that require provable responses from other participants, such as decentralized storage solutions, decentralized AI agents, and more.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2502.10637,
title = {Proof of Response},
author = {Illia Polosukhin and Alex Skidanov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.10637},
year = {2025}
}