Blockchain-Based Crowdsourcing Framework with Distributed Task Assignment and Solution Verification

<table class="table-group" id="tab5"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left" rowspan="2">Scheme</td><td class="align_center" colspan="2">Role</td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_center">Workers</td><td class="align_center">Evaluators</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">EFF and DFF [<a href="/journals/scn/2022/9464308/#B9" target="_blank">9</a>]</td><td class="align_center">—</td><td class="align_center">—</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">CrowdBC [<a href="/journals/scn/2022/9464308/#B12" target="_blank">12</a>]</td><td class="align_center"><span style="width: 80.9257ptpx;"><svg height="12.2532pt" id="M280" style="vertical-align:-3.29108pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -8.96212 80.9257 12.2532" width="80.9257pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path 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<div>Off-chain computing overhead of crowdsourcing schemes for users.</div>

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Table 5: Blockchain-Based Crowdsourcing Framework with Distributed Task Assignment and Solution Verification 