KR102221925B1 - Method for performing mining in parallel with machine learning and method for supproting the mining, in a distributed computing resource shring system based on block chain - Google Patents

Abstract

A method of mining performed in a node on a distributed computing resource sharing system based on a blockchain, including a server and a plurality of nodes, is provided. The method of the present disclosure comprises the steps of: receiving an instruction to perform a predetermined operation; Notifying the server of the completion of the operation according to the received instruction; In response to the notification, receiving a predetermined nonce value from the server; Applying a nonce value to a predetermined hash function; Determining whether a hash result obtained by applying a nonce value to a predetermined hash function satisfies a predetermined criterion; And when it is determined that the hash result satisfies the predetermined criterion, notifying the nonce value and the hash result on the blockchain.

Description

A method of performing mining in parallel with machine learning on a blockchain-based distributed computing resource sharing system, and a method of supporting such mining (METHOD FOR PERFORMING MINING IN PARALLEL WITH MACHINE LEARNING AND METHOD FOR SUPPROTING THE MINING, IN A DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING) RESOURCE SHRING SYSTEM BASED ON BLOCK CHAIN}

The present disclosure relates to a distributed computing resource sharing system, and more specifically, based on a block chain, on a distributed computing resource sharing system configured to share distributed computing resources that can be used for machine learning. It relates to how to perform mining for, and how to support such mining.

Recently, interest in artificial intelligence research based on machine learning is increasing. There is widespread expectation that artificial intelligence based on machine learning will advance the future of mankind to a different level than before. Artificial intelligence research based on machine learning basically has three essential elements: hardware resources that can support a large amount of computation, training data that can be used for machine learning, and machine learning models (algorithms). However, as is well known, some large companies, including Facebook, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, etc., monopolize each element for the above artificial intelligence research in their own way, and individual researchers or small companies in a relatively poor environment. They are being deprived of the opportunity to participate in artificial intelligence research, which is raising concerns that artificial intelligence and its various development by-products will become the property of these giants.

Meanwhile, since Satoshi Nakamoto introduced blockchain technology to the world through cryptocurrency bitcoin in 2009, interest in various types of cryptocurrencies and the blockchain technology that supports them has been increasing. Blockchain technology, in that it enables transactions based on a decentralized distributed shared ledger method, and provides high openness, reliability, transparency, and interactivity, and its applicability in various fields is being examined. In particular, new blockchain technologies such as Ethereum following Bitcoin support a smart contract, that is, a digital contract function that specifies contract conditions on the blockchain and automatically executes the contract contents when those conditions are met. , Application of such blockchain technology is being attempted in a wider variety of industries.

However, many existing cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin, store transaction records in blocks, encrypt them, and prove that they have completed the work of adding them to the existing blockchain (so-called mining). It is operated/maintained through a method of paying coins (i.e., Proof of Work (PoW)). The process of adding a new block requires considerable computation, and a large amount of power is consumed in the process of driving the hardware to perform this computation. As a large number of hardware resources participate competitively in mining, a large amount of power is wasted every time mining fails.In recent years, this power waste problem is a problem with the cryptocurrency system based on the existing PoW method. It is pointed out as one.

Patent Document: Korean Patent Registration No. 10-1852079

Establish an efficient sharing network of resources for artificial intelligence research based on machine learning, such as hardware resources for computation and storage, high-quality learning data to be used for machine learning, and various machine learning models (algorithms), and provide sharing of these resources. And a platform that can support an objective and reasonable compensation system for use. In particular, with regard to mining for blockchain, we aim to solve problems such as waste of resources and electricity caused by mining according to the existing PoW method, and provide a mining technology that enables more efficient use of limited resources.

According to one feature of the present disclosure, there is provided a mining method performed in a node on a distributed computing resource sharing system based on a blockchain, including a server and a plurality of nodes. The method of the present disclosure comprises the steps of: receiving an instruction to perform a predetermined operation; Notifying the server of the completion of the operation according to the received instruction; In response to the notification, receiving a predetermined nonce value from the server; Applying a nonce value to a predetermined hash function; Determining whether a hash result obtained by applying a nonce value to a predetermined hash function satisfies a predetermined criterion; And when it is determined that the hash result satisfies the predetermined criterion, notifying the nonce value and the hash result on the blockchain.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the operation may include an operation of executing a predetermined number of times of a predetermined machine learning code.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the method includes: receiving, by a node, a nonce value and a hash result from another node among a plurality of nodes; And verifying by applying the nonce value and the hash result received from another node to the hash function.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a predetermined criterion may be determined so that new blocks can be generated at predetermined time intervals on the blockchain.

According to another feature of the present disclosure, there is provided a mining support method performed by a server on a distributed computing resource sharing system based on a blockchain, including a server and a plurality of nodes. The method of the present disclosure comprises the steps of: receiving, from an outside, a request for one or more operations, each of which includes execution of a predetermined number of times of a predetermined operation; Allocating execution of operations according to one or more tasks to a plurality of nodes; Receiving, from any one of the plurality of nodes, a notification informing that execution of assigned operations for one node has been completed; And in response to receiving the notification, transmitting a predetermined nonce value to one node-The nonce value is one of a plurality of values generated on the server, and is used as an input of a hash function by one node- Includes.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the step of allocating the execution of operations on a plurality of nodes may include allocating so that the time taken to execute the operations on the plurality of nodes is equalized.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, each operation may include execution of a predetermined machine learning code.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, when the nonce value is used as an input of a hash function on one node, a hash result obtained from the hash function may meet a predetermined criterion corresponding thereto.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a predetermined criterion may be determined so that new blocks can be generated at predetermined time intervals on the blockchain.

According to another feature of the present disclosure, as a computer-readable recording medium in which instructions executable by a computer are recorded, the instructions, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform any one of the above-described methods. A computer-readable recording medium is provided.

According to embodiments of the present disclosure, resources for artificial intelligence research based on machine learning, such as hardware resources for computation, high-quality learning data to be utilized for machine learning, and efficient sharing of various machine learning models (algorithms), and Objective and reasonable compensation for the provision of resources can be provided.

Hardware resources possessed by individuals (eg, processing devices such as GPUs and various storage space devices) are not always 100% utilized, and a large number of hardware resources are idle for a long time. According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, idle hardware resources held by individuals can be utilized in a useful form for a valuable purpose of contributing to the development of artificial intelligence technology. In addition, according to the embodiments of the present disclosure, software resources developed and/or owned by individuals, such as data for machine learning and various learning models, are actively shared and used, and each creator or holder is a resource It is possible to obtain a legitimate return for the shared provision of the company, and researchers can use resources for new work instead of redundantly consuming resources for the same work, ultimately accelerating the development of artificial intelligence.

According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, the provision and utilization of various resources on the platform and payment of the corresponding price can be made based on blockchain technology, thereby enabling open, transparent and reliable transactions, and voluntary And can induce active participation.

According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, in relation to mining for a blockchain, each node has an opportunity to acquire a nonce value on condition of completion of a predetermined machine learning operation, while the difficulty of the hash function corresponding to it. By lowering the value, a mining technology capable of more efficiently using limited hardware and/or energy resources can be provided without causing problems such as waste of resources and electricity caused by mining according to the existing PoW method.

1 is a diagram conceptually showing the overall configuration of a blockchain-based distributed computing resource sharing system 100 supporting a smart contract according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram schematically illustrating a functional configuration of the resource sharing node 130 of FIG. 1 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
3 is a block chain and each block 300 included therein, which may be stored in the block chain distributed ledger storage module 208 included in the resource sharing node 130 of FIG. 2 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. ) Is a diagram conceptually showing the configuration of.
4 is an example of transaction information 304 that may be included in block 300 of FIG. 3, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, for providing shared resources on the distributed computing resource sharing system 100 This is a diagram illustrating transaction information as an example.
5 illustrates a query for searching for a predetermined shared resource on the distributed computing resource sharing system 100, generated by the resource sharing node 130 of FIG. 1, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. It is a drawing shown.
6 is an example of transaction information 304 included in block 300 of FIG. 3 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, for requesting the use of shared resources on the distributed computing resource sharing system 100 This is a diagram illustrating transaction information as an example.
7 is a diagram schematically showing a functional configuration of the platform server 140 of FIG. 1 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
FIG. 8 schematically illustrates an example of a process in which a shared resource is provided on the distributed computing resource sharing system 100 through the resource sharing node 130 of FIG. 1 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. This is an operation flow chart.
9 is an operation flowchart schematically illustrating an example of a process of requesting, providing, and using data resource sharing, performed on the distributed computing resource sharing system 100 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Hereinafter, when it is determined that there is a possibility that the subject matter of the present disclosure may be unnecessarily obscured, detailed descriptions of already known functions and configurations will be omitted. In addition, it should be understood that the contents described below are only related to an embodiment of the present disclosure, and the present disclosure is not limited thereto.

The terms used in the present disclosure are only used to describe specific embodiments and are not intended to limit the present disclosure. For example, a component expressed in the singular should be understood as a concept including a plurality of components unless the context clearly means only the singular. It is to be understood that the term “and/or” as used in this disclosure encompasses any and all possible combinations by one or more of the listed items. The terms "comprise" or "have" used in the present disclosure are only intended to designate the existence of features, numbers, steps, actions, components, parts, or a combination thereof described in the present disclosure. It is not intended to exclude the possibility of the presence or addition of one or more other features or numbers, steps, actions, components, parts, or combinations thereof by use.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, a'module' or'unit' means a functional part that performs at least one function or operation, and may be implemented as hardware or software, or a combination of hardware and software. In addition, a plurality of'modules' or'units' may be integrated into at least one software module and implemented by at least one processor, except for'modules' or'units' that need to be implemented with specific hardware. have.

In addition, unless otherwise defined, all terms used in the present disclosure, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this disclosure belongs. Terms defined in a commonly used dictionary should be construed as having a meaning consistent with the meaning in the context of the related technology, and it should be understood that, unless explicitly defined otherwise, in the present disclosure, they are not excessively limited or expanded. .

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a diagram conceptually showing the overall configuration of a blockchain-based distributed computing resource sharing system 100 supporting a smart contract according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown, the distributed computing resource sharing system 100 includes a blockchain network 110, a plurality of shared computing resource areas 120, a plurality of resource sharing nodes 130, and a platform server 140. do.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the blockchain network 110 includes each shared computing resource area 120, each resource sharing node 130, and a platform server 140 on the distributed computing resource sharing system 100. It may be any wired or wireless communication network that enables communication between them. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the blockchain network 110 may include, for example, a P2P distributed network implemented on a TCP/IP communication network. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the blockchain network 110 may be, for example, a pure P2P network or a hybrid P2P network implemented in a Wi-Fi network, a LAN network, a WAN network, an Internet network, etc. It is not limited. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, each transaction generated and distributed by each resource sharing node 130 through the block chain network 110 is included in the block chain for the distributed computing resource sharing system 100 and It may be shared with the resource sharing nodes 130 and the platform server 140.

Although not specifically shown, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the distributed computing resource sharing system 100 includes a plurality of user accounts, and a resource management account for managing the use and compensation of shared computing resources, etc. , May include a smart contract account of the blockchain of the distributed computing resource sharing system 100). According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, each user of the distributed resource sharing system 100 can access the blockchain network 110 through their user account (and client), respectively, and a resource sharing node to be described later ( By generating and/or distributing a transaction through (130), the computing resource of the user may be provided on the distributed computing resource sharing system 100 or the computing resource provided on the distributed computing resource sharing system 100 may be used. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, each user account of the distributed resource sharing system 100 allows the hardware and/or software resources owned by it to be shared and used by other users on the distributed resource sharing system 100. It may be an account for the providing resource provider. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, each user account of the distributed resource sharing system 100 is a developer who wants to perform machine learning according to a predetermined algorithm, and is provided for shared use on the distributed resource sharing system 100. It may be an account for a developer who wants to use hardware and/or software resources at a fair price. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, each user account of the distributed resource sharing system 100 is a predetermined service developer, and GPU resources, data sets, and training provided shared on the distributed computing resource sharing system 100 It may be an account for a service developer who wants to use the result of machine learning performed according to the model for the above service. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, each user account of the distributed resource sharing system 100 may be an account for a user who is a resource provider and developer.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, each of the plurality of shared computing resource areas 120 includes one or a group of computing resources that can be shared and used among a plurality of users on the distributed computing resource sharing system 100 can do. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the shared computing resource area 120 is a computing resource that can be used for machine learning, for example, a hardware resource such as a processing unit such as a GPU or a storage unit, and/or learning for machine learning. It can contain software resources such as data sets or learning models. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, each computing resource on the shared computing resource area 120 may be associated with a corresponding predetermined resource sharing node 130. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, each computing resource in the shared computing resource area 120 is provided by one user (ie, a provider) on the distributed computing resource sharing system 100 and used by other users. However, the provision and use of each resource in the shared computing resource area 120 is a block chain for the distributed computing resource sharing system 100 (specifically, a smart contract and a smart contract account according to the block chain. ) Can be operated and managed.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a processing unit (eg, a GPU) among computing resources of the shared computing resource region 120 may perform a predetermined operation (eg, a predetermined operation) through the resource sharing node 130 associated with the corresponding resource. An instruction for performing a predetermined number of execution operations of the machine learning code, etc.) may be received. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the processing device unit performs an operation according to the received instruction (eg, a machine learning operation) and then informs the resource sharing node 130 associated with the corresponding resource of the completion of the operation. I can.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, among the computing resources of the shared computing resource area 120, the data set resource is divided into a plurality of parts of a set of data set resources and distributed to the plurality of shared computing resource areas 120. Can be saved. In this case, when a data set resource needs to be moved to perform machine learning, each part of the required data set resource can be transmitted in parallel, thereby solving the problem of a transmission time area or lack of bandwidth for a large amount of data movement. I can. In addition, as described above, when a set of data set resources is divided into a plurality of parts and distributed and stored in a plurality of shared computing resource areas 120, all shared computing resource areas 120 of the system 100 ), at least two of each divided portion of the above data set resource may exist (ie, at least two data of the same content exist over the entire area) may be stored redundantly. Accordingly, even when the shared computing resource area 120 in which a part of the data set resource is stored is blocked, the integrity of the entire data set resource can be prevented from being damaged in the entire system 100.

According to another embodiment of the present disclosure, among the computing resources of the shared computing resource area 120, the data set resource may be stored in one shared computing resource area 120, as raw data. A data set resource may be stored in the corresponding shared computing resource area 120 along with a set of preprocessed data obtained by encoding the raw data to conform to a predetermined training code for machine learning. Accordingly, when data set resources need to be moved to perform machine learning, instead of data set resources as large raw data, the corresponding preprocessed data set is transmitted, thereby causing delay in transmission time or insufficient bandwidth of data movement. Can be solved.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, each of the plurality of resource sharing nodes 130 may be each computing device connected to the blockchain network 110 of the distributed computing resource sharing system 100. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the resource sharing node 130 generates a predetermined transaction according to a blockchain protocol such as ERC 20 (but is not limited thereto), and transmits the generated transaction to the blockchain network. It can be used to distribute on the blockchain for the distributed computing resource sharing system 100 through 110. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a transaction that can be generated and distributed from each resource sharing node 130 is provided so that, for example, a predetermined hardware or software resource can be shared and used on the distributed computing resource sharing system 100 It may be for (eg, registration for shared use). According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a transaction that can be generated and distributed from each resource sharing node 130 is, for example, predetermined hardware provided for shared use between users on the distributed computing resource sharing system 100 or It may include a request to use software resources for machine learning. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, each user generates a predetermined transaction (eg, a transaction for providing or using a resource) through the resource sharing node 130 using his or her user account (and client). It can be distributed on the blockchain network 110.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, each resource sharing node 130 may receive and process each transaction generated from the other resource sharing node 130 and distributed on the blockchain. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, each resource sharing node 130 includes program code on a received transaction (for example, on the shared use of hardware and/or software resources on the distributed computing resource sharing system 100). Program code for smart contracts) can be executed. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, each resource sharing node 130 executes a program code related to a smart contract on the received transaction when receiving a transaction related to sharing provision of a predetermined hardware and/or software resource. And, information about the provided resource (eg, various information including resource type, location, attribute, etc.) may be stored in association with a smart contract account (eg, resource management account) for managing shared computing resources. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, each resource sharing node 130, when receiving a transaction including a request for use of a predetermined hardware and/or software resource, stores a program code for a smart contract on the received transaction. Execution, and information on the use of the resource (e.g., a user account that intends to use the resource, various information including the type, location, attribute, amount of use, etc.) of the resource, and a smart contract account for managing shared computing resources It can be stored in association with (eg, resource management account).

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, each of the plurality of resource sharing nodes 130 share distributed computing resources under the control of the platform server 130 or according to a predetermined algorithm on the distributed computing resource sharing system 100 Blocks for recording each transaction on the system 100 may be created (or mined) and/or verified. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, as described above, each computing resource (eg, a processing unit) on the shared computing resource area 120 may be associated with a corresponding predetermined resource sharing node 130. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, as described above, among the computing resources of the shared computing resource area 120, the processing unit unit may perform a predetermined operation (eg, a predetermined number of execution operations of a predetermined machine learning code, etc.). ) The instruction for execution may be received, and after performing an operation (eg, machine learning operation) according to the received instruction, the completion of the operation may be notified to the resource sharing node 130 associated with the corresponding resource. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the resource sharing node 130, which has received the notification of the completion of the above-described computation, is the platform server 140 (or nonce for block generation) that describes the completion of the received computation. (nonce) can be notified to any server that generated or held the value. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the shared resource node 130 may receive a predetermined nonce value from the platform server 140 and may apply the received nonce value to a predetermined hash function. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the resource sharing node 130, whether the hash result obtained by applying the nonce value to the hash function satisfies a predetermined criterion (eg, a predetermined difficulty condition predetermined for block generation). Can be judged. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, when it is determined that the hash result satisfies the predetermined criterion, the resource sharing node 130 may notify the corresponding nonce value and the hash result on the blockchain. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the above-described predetermined criterion is a criterion of difficulty that is significantly lower than the difficulty of a hash function in a conventional PoW method used in a conventional Bitcoin blockchain, etc. It may be a significant reduction of the number of zeros, etc.) According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the above-described predetermined criterion may be determined so that a new block can be generated on a corresponding block chain at predetermined time intervals, for example. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, each resource sharing node 130 may also receive a nonce value and a hash result notified on the blockchain by another resource sharing node on the blockchain, and the received nonce value and It can be verified by applying the hash result to the hash function. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, when verification by the other resource sharing nodes 130 for the nonce value and hash result provided on the block chain by the random resource sharing node 130 is completed, a new block is Can be created. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, transactions generated by each shared resource node 130 during a predetermined time interval and distributed on the blockchain network 110 for the distributed computing resource sharing system 100 are newly It can be stored together in the generated block.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, each of the resource sharing nodes 130, under the control of the platform server 140 or according to a predetermined algorithm on the distributed computing resource sharing system 100, is a distributed computing resource sharing system ( 100) can store at least a portion of the blockchain (i.e., blockchain distributed ledger) (however, this disclosure is not limited thereto). According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, each of the resource sharing nodes 130, under the control of the platform server 140 or according to a predetermined algorithm on the distributed computing resource sharing system 100, is a distributed computing resource sharing system ( 100) maintained and managed by the blockchain for at least a smart contract (e.g., a smart contract account that manages the shared use of hardware and/or software resources on the distributed computing resource sharing system 100). Some may be stored (but the disclosure is not limited thereto).

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, each user uses his or her user account and resource sharing node 130 to perform a query according to a predetermined protocol (eg, a query for a resource management account for searching a predetermined resource). Can be created and processed. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the resource sharing node 130 may process a query related to a predetermined user account by itself or transmit it through the blockchain network 110. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the query generated through each user account and resource sharing node 130 is, for example, the state of hardware and/or software resources provided for shared use on the distributed computing resource sharing system 100 (E.g., including whether or not a data set resource having a predetermined specification exists in the shared computing resource areas 120 of the distributed computing resource sharing system 100, but is not limited thereto) In itself, it may not be creating or changing a new smart contract. Therefore, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, queries generated through each user account and resource sharing node 130 may not be stored on the blockchain of the distributed computing resource sharing system 100. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the resource sharing node 130 generates a response to a query by itself or receives a response to the query from the blockchain network 110, and responds to the query (query requestor ) You can provide the above response on your account.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the resource sharing node 130 is also the distributed computing resource sharing system according to the payment and receipt of compensation for each user according to resource sharing on the distributed computing resource sharing system 100. It is possible to maintain and manage digital wallets of the user account(s) associated with 100 (however, the present disclosure is not limited thereto). According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, compensation for each user (eg, resource provider) according to resource sharing on the distributed computing resource sharing system 100 is a predetermined amount associated with the distributed computing resource sharing system 100. It can be done by digital currency. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, compensation according to resource sharing in the distributed computing resource sharing system 100 may be performed in proportion to the amount of use for each resource. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, compensation for resource sharing in the distributed computing resource sharing system 100 is evaluated according to a predetermined criterion for each used resource (eg, distributed computing resource sharing of each resource). It can be made according to the evaluation of the contribution to the system 100, etc.).

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the platform server 140 receives a transaction including a predetermined resource use request provided on the distributed computing resource sharing system 100 from each resource sharing node 130. I can. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the platform server 140 receives a transaction including a request for use of a predetermined resource (eg, a GPU resource), processes the received transaction, and obtains information from the transaction. Accordingly, it is possible to allocate an appropriate resource among the resources available on each shared computing resource area 120 of the distributed computing resource sharing system 100 based on a predetermined algorithm. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, in relation to allocating a predetermined operation (eg, machine learning operation) to each processing unit resource of the shared computing resource area 120, the platform server 140 It can be allocated so that the time it takes to execute the operation allocated to the unit resource is equal. In this specification, mainly, the platform server 140 of the distributed computing resource sharing system 100 is described as controlling the allocation of each resource on the shared computing resource region 120, but the present disclosure is not limited thereto. . According to another embodiment of the present disclosure, on the distributed computing resource sharing system 100, the allocation of the use of each resource on the shared computing resource area 120, etc., without intervention by the platform server 140, the blockchain network It should be noted that this can be done automatically according to a predetermined algorithm on (110).

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the platform server 140, the resource sharing nodes 130, generate (or mine) a block for recording each transaction on the distributed computing resource sharing system 100 and/or You can manage, to verify. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the platform server 140 receives a notification of completion of a predetermined operation by a predetermined processing unit associated with the resource sharing node 130 from an arbitrary resource sharing node 130 can do. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the platform server 140 receiving the above-described notification may transmit a predetermined nonce value to the corresponding resource sharing node 130. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the nonce value may be used as an input to a predetermined hash function on the resource sharing node 130, as described above.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the platform server 140 also helps to make a fair compensation to a provider of each resource in relation to the use of each resource provided for sharing on the distributed computing resource sharing system 100. Can be managed. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the platform server 140 evaluates each resource according to a predetermined criterion in relation to the use of each resource provided for sharing on the distributed computing resource sharing system 100 (For example, evaluation of the contribution of each resource to the distributed resource-specific system 100, etc.), and according to the evaluation result, it is possible to manage the provider of each resource to receive appropriate compensation accordingly. In this specification, mainly, the platform server 140 of the distributed computing resource sharing system 100 is described as performing evaluation and compensation according to each resource, but the present disclosure is not limited thereto. According to another embodiment of the present disclosure, on the distributed computing resource sharing system 100, the evaluation of each resource and the performance of compensation according to it are performed without the intervention of the platform server 140, the blockchain network 110 It should be noted that the phase can be done automatically according to a predetermined algorithm.

In this drawing, the distributed computing resource sharing system 100 is illustrated as including the platform server 140, but the present disclosure is not limited thereto. It should be noted that according to another embodiment of the present disclosure, the distributed computing resource sharing system 100 may not include the platform server 140.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram schematically illustrating a functional configuration of the resource sharing node 130 of FIG. 1 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown, the resource sharing node 130 includes a transaction processing/generation module 202, a communication module 204, a block generation/verification module 206, a blockchain distributed ledger storage module 208, and a digital wallet. It includes a management module 210.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, each user (client) of the distributed computing resource sharing system 100 provides a predetermined resource for sharing use with other users on the distributed computing resource sharing system 100 In order to register this, through the transaction processing/generation module 202 of the corresponding resource sharing node (resource sharing node associated with the user or client) 130, a transaction related to the resource registration may be generated. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, when a user (client) of the distributed computing resource sharing system 100 wants to use a predetermined resource provided on the distributed computing resource sharing system 100, a corresponding resource sharing node Through the transaction processing/generation module 202 of the (resource sharing node associated with the user or client) 130, a transaction related to the use of the resource may be generated. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the transaction processing/generating module 202 of the resource sharing node 130 is, in addition to transactions related to registration and use of resources, various other transactions to be performed through the blockchain network 110 (For example, including, but not limited to, transactions of digital currency) can be created.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the transaction processing/generation module 202 of each resource sharing node 130 may receive and process a transaction generated by the other resource sharing node 130 and distributed on the blockchain. I can. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the transaction processing/generation module 202 may execute a program code for a smart contract (eg, a smart contract related to provision and use of shared resources) on a received transaction. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the transaction processing/generation module 202 executes a program code related to a smart contract on a received transaction, and thus a smart contract account (eg, a resource management account) based on information on the received transaction ) Information can be updated.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the communication module 204 may operate to allow the resource sharing node 130 to communicate with the blockchain network 110 according to a predetermined protocol. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the communication module 204 may distribute the blockchain transaction generated by the transaction processing/generation module 202 on the blockchain network 110 according to a predetermined protocol, In addition, various types of information received through the blockchain network 110 (e.g., notification of completion of computation from the processing unit on the shared computing area 120 associated with the resource sharing node 130, other resource sharing nodes 130) Transactions generated and distributed by the platform server 140, nonce values, various control signals, etc.) may be received.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the block generation/verification module 206 generates a block for the blockchain network 110, and collects transactions that occur on the distributed computing resource sharing system 100 for a predetermined period of time. It can be written to the generated block along with the appropriate header information. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the block generation/verification module 206 may notify the generated block on the blockchain network 110 through the communication module 204. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the block generation/verification module 206 may verify a block generated by another resource sharing node 130 known on the blockchain network 110. .

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the block generation/validation module 206 receives a notification of completion of a given machine learning operation from an associated shared computing resource (e.g., processing unit unit), and the communication module 204 and block This may be notified to the platform server 140 or the like through the chain network 110 or the like. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the block generation/verification module 206 may receive a predetermined nonce value from the platform server 140 through the block chain network 110 and the communication module 204, etc. , The received nonce value may be applied to a predetermined hash function. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the block generation/validation module 206 applies the nonce value to a hash function and the hash result obtained meets a predetermined criterion (eg, a predetermined difficulty condition predetermined for block generation). It can be determined if it meets. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, when it is determined that the hash result satisfies the predetermined criterion, the block generation/verification module 206 may notify the corresponding nonce value and the hash result on the blockchain. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the block generation/verification module 206 may also receive a nonce value and a hash result notified by another resource sharing node on the blockchain, and the received nonce value And the hash result can be verified by applying it to the hash function.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the blockchain distributed ledger storage module 208 shares distributed computing resources under the control of the platform server 130 or according to a predetermined algorithm on the distributed computing resource sharing system 100 It is possible to store at least a portion of a blockchain database for the system 100 (ie, a distributed ledger containing all the history of transactions). According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the block chain distributed ledger storage module 208 is, in addition, under the control of the platform server 130 or according to a predetermined algorithm on the distributed computing resource sharing system 100, the blockchain network Information on smart contracts maintained and managed by the blockchain on (110) (e.g., information on smart contract accounts on the shared use of hardware and/or software resources on the distributed computing resource sharing system 100, for example (Including various information such as location, format, provider, user, usage history, usage frequency, etc.) of each resource may be stored, but the present disclosure is not limited thereto.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the digital wallet management module 210 may store and manage wallet information for each user account associated with the resource sharing node 130. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the digital wallet management module 210 is a transaction related to digital currency supported on the distributed computing resource sharing system 100, for example, resource sharing on the distributed computing resource sharing system 100 The wallet information for each user account on the resource sharing node 130 may be updated by reflecting the payment and receipt of compensation according to the corresponding digital currency transaction information.

3 is a block chain and each block 300 included therein, which may be stored in the block chain distributed ledger storage module 208 included in the resource sharing node 130 of FIG. 2 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. ) Is a diagram conceptually showing the configuration of. As shown, the block chain includes a plurality of blocks, and each block 300 may include a block header 302 and a plurality of transaction information 304a-304n.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the block header 302 includes a hash value of a previous block header, a nonce value, and a Merkle root of transaction information 304a-304n to be included in the corresponding block 300. , A timestamp indicating the time when the block 300 was generated, and a value such as a mining difficulty level of the block 300 may be included. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a plurality of transaction information 304a-304n included in the block 300 is distributed from each resource sharing node 130 of FIG. 1 for a predetermined time interval. It may be a plurality of transaction information distributed on the (100). According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the transaction information 304a-304n of the block 300 is a shared resource on the distributed computing resource sharing system 100, generated by the resource sharing node 130 of FIG. 1 It may be transaction information for providing (ie, registration). According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the transaction information 304a-304n may be transaction information for using a shared resource on the distributed computing resource sharing system 100, generated by the resource sharing node 130. .

4 is an example of transaction information 304 that may be included in the block 300 of FIG. 3 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, for providing a shared resource on the distributed computing resource sharing system 100 This is a diagram illustrating transaction information as an example. As illustrated, the transaction information 304 may include a resource management account 402, a resource provider account 404, a resource registration execution command 406, and resource information 408.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the resource management account 402 included in the transaction information 304 may be, for example, an address of a smart contract account for managing shared resources on the distributed computing resource sharing system 100. . According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the resource provider account 404 included in the transaction information 304 may be an account of a user (client) who has caused the creation of a transaction for providing a corresponding shared resource. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the resource registration execution command included in the transaction information 304 for providing shared resources may be, for example, a program code for a smart contract according to ERC20, and the resource sharing node 130 When executed by the resource provider account 404, the resource information 408 of the resource shared by the resource provider account 404 may be stored in association with the resource management account 402. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the resource information 408 may include various information including, for example, a type, attribute, and location of a corresponding resource, and the present disclosure is not limited thereto.

5 is a query 500 for searching for a predetermined shared resource on the distributed computing resource sharing system 100, generated by the resource sharing node 130 of FIG. 1, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. It is an exemplary drawing. As shown, the query 500 may include a resource management account 502, a resource search execution command 504, and a requestor account 506.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the resource management account 502 included in the query 500 is the address of a smart contract account for managing shared resources on the distributed computing resource sharing system 100, as described above. Can be According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the resource search execution command 504 included in the query 500 may be, for example, a program code according to ERC20, and when executed by the resource sharing node 130, a predetermined standard is determined. It may be a command to perform a search for a resource equipped and provide a response to the search to the requestor account 506. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the requestor account 506 included in the query 500 may be a user (client) account for which the query is generated. As described above, the query 500 is only for querying the state of hardware and/or software resources provided for shared use on the distributed computing resource sharing system 100, for example, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. In itself, it may not be creating or changing a new smart contract. Therefore, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the query 500 may not be stored on the blockchain of the distributed computing resource sharing system 100, unlike each transaction information 304.

6 is an example of the transaction information 304 included in the block 300 of FIG. 3, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, for requesting the use of shared resources on the distributed computing resource sharing system 100 This is a diagram illustrating transaction information as an example. As illustrated, the transaction information 304 may include a resource management account 602, a resource user account 604, a resource use execution command 606, and use resource information 608.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the resource management account 602 included in the transaction information 304 may be, for example, an address of a smart contract account for managing shared resources on the distributed computing resource sharing system 100. . According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the resource user account 604 included in the transaction information 304 may be an account of a user (client) who caused the creation of a transaction for requesting the use of a corresponding shared resource. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the resource use execution instruction included in the transaction information 304 for requesting the use of the shared resource may be, for example, a program code for a smart contract according to ERC20, and the resource sharing node 130 When executed by, the resource determined according to the request may be associated with the resource user account 404 to be used (and information on use is stored). According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the resource information 408 may include various types of information including a type, attribute, location, amount of use, and the like of a corresponding resource, and the present disclosure is not limited thereto.

7 is a functional block diagram schematically showing a functional configuration of the platform server 140 of FIG. 1 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown, the platform server 140 includes a communication module 702, a shared resource distribution module 704, a block generation/verification management module 706, and an evaluation/compensation module 708.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the communication module 702 may operate to allow the platform server 140 to communicate with the blockchain network 110 according to a predetermined protocol. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the communication module 702 may receive various transactions distributed from the resource sharing nodes 130 through the blockchain network 110.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, when a transaction including a predetermined resource use request is received, the shared resource distribution module 704, based on a predetermined algorithm, according to information obtained from the received transaction, An appropriate resource among resources available on the distributed computing resource sharing system 100 may be allocated to a corresponding request. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the shared resource distribution module 704, in relation to allocating a predetermined operation (eg, machine learning operation) to each processing unit resource of the shared computing resource region 120, each The allocation can be made so that the time taken to execute the operation allocated to the processing unit resource is equalized.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the shared resource distribution module 704 reflects the received transactional resource use request and information on resource allocation made in response thereto, and information on the corresponding resource associated with the resource management account. Can be updated. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the shared resource distribution module 704 also includes each resource sharing node 130 to store at least a portion of a blockchain database (ie, distributed ledger) for the distributed computing resource sharing system 100. ) Can be controlled/managed, but the present disclosure is not limited thereto.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the block generation/verification management module 706 may generate a series of nonce values according to a predetermined criterion. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the block generation/verification management module 706 completes the execution of a predetermined operation by a predetermined processing unit associated with the resource sharing node 130 from an arbitrary resource sharing node 130 You can receive notifications of. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the block generation/verification management module 706 may sequentially allocate and transmit the generated series of nonce values to each resource sharing node 130. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the nonce value may be used as an input to a predetermined hash function on the resource sharing node 130, as described above.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the evaluation/compensation module 708 evaluates each resource according to a predetermined criterion with respect to each resource provided for sharing on the distributed computing resource sharing system 100 ( For example, evaluation on the contribution of each resource to the distributed computing resource sharing system 100) may be performed. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the evaluation/compensation module 708 may manage to provide appropriate compensation corresponding to each resource provider according to the evaluation result. In this specification, it has been described that the distributed computing resource sharing system 100 includes the platform server 140 and performs the allocation (distribution) of shared resources and the management of block generation/verification through the platform server 140. , The present disclosure is not limited thereto. According to another embodiment of the present disclosure, the distributed computing resource sharing system 100 may not include the platform server 140, and management of resource allocation or block generation and verification according to a request for use of shared resources is possible. It should be noted that it may be automatically performed according to a predetermined algorithm on the distributed computing resource sharing system 100.

FIG. 8 schematically illustrates an example of a process in which a shared resource is provided on the distributed computing resource sharing system 100 through the resource sharing node 130 of FIG. 1 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. This is an operation flow chart.

First, in step 802, a resource provider on the resource sharing node 130 (for example, a resource such as a predetermined GPU resource, a storage unit, a data set, or a learning model owned by the resource sharing node 130) is on the distributed computing resource sharing system 100. A user who intends to provide a shared resource) may generate a transaction (ie, a resource provision registration transaction) for resource sharing through the corresponding resource sharing node 130. Then, in step 804, the generated transaction may be distributed on the blockchain network 110. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a transaction distributed on the blockchain network 110 may be received by both the platform server 140 and other resource sharing nodes 130. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a block chain (e.g., resource sharing nodes 130 on the block chain) receiving a resource provision registration transaction processes the received transaction, and a resource provision registration transaction in a newly created block Can be recorded. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, in step 806, a transaction is processed by a blockchain (e.g., each resource sharing node 130 on the blockchain), and a resource management account is updated accordingly (i.e., Registration of the corresponding resource) can be performed.

9 is an operation flowchart schematically illustrating an example of a process of requesting, providing, and using data resource sharing, performed on the distributed computing resource sharing system 100 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

As shown, first, in step 902, a resource requester on the resource sharing node 130 (eg, a user as a developer who wants to use a predetermined data set for machine learning) through the corresponding resource sharing node 130 A use request transaction (eg, a data use request transaction) for a resource desired by the user (eg, a predetermined data set) may be generated. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the use request transaction for a predetermined data set may include specific specifications (eg, data content, format, etc.) of the requested data set. Then, in step 904, the generated transaction can be distributed on the blockchain network 110. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a transaction distributed on the blockchain network 110 may be received by both the platform server 140 and other resource sharing nodes 130.

In step 906, one of the resource sharing nodes 130 that has received the above-described data use request transaction may generate a resource, for example, a data set that meets the request of the transaction. Then, in step 908, the resource sharing node may generate a sharing provision transaction for the generated data set and distribute it through the blockchain network 110. In step 910, the data sharing provision transaction distributed in step 908 is processed on the blockchain, and the corresponding data resource may be registered and stored in association with a resource management account. The processes of steps 906 to 910 correspond to the operation flow in FIG. 8 described above, and reference may be made to the disclosures thereon.

Then, in step 912, in response to the previously received data use request transaction 904, the requested resource (eg, a predetermined data set resource) is allocated for the requestor, and the allocation and use of the corresponding resource Related information can be stored in association with the resource management account. Subsequently, in step 914, the resource may be used for the requester of the resource.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a resource corresponding to a resource use request transaction is a predetermined data set, and the data set is a storage unit at a plurality of locations on the distributed computing resource sharing system 100 (e.g., a plurality of shared computing In the case of being distributed and stored in the resource regions 120, each part of the data set may be transmitted in parallel from the storage units (eg, a plurality of shared computing resource regions 120) in the above multiple locations for a resource requester, This can solve the problem of transmission speed due to transmission of large amounts of data. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, specific details of which part of the data set is to be transmitted from which storage unit among the plurality of storage units is, for example, by the shared resource distribution module 704 of the platform server 140, Considering the distance between resources (e.g., the distance between the hardware resources involved in the operation and the storage unit of the data set to be used for the operation) or communication time, it can be performed in a direction that can maximize the efficiency of the entire system. It should be understood (but the present disclosure is not limited thereto). According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a resource corresponding to a resource use request transaction is a predetermined data set, and the data set is one storage unit (eg, one shared computing resource) on the distributed computing resource sharing system 100. When stored in the region 120, the machine learning operation for the resource requestor may be performed by the GPU in the same location as the storage unit (that is, the shared computing resource region 120 to which the storage unit belongs), whereby The problem of transmission speed caused by transmission of large amounts of data can be solved.

In step 914, after the use of the resource by the resource requestor is made, in step 916, the resource requester ('s digital wallet) calculates the use of the resource and provides a fair compensation for the provider of the resource. This can be done. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the settlement of resource use performed in step 916 may be automatically performed through a smart contract included in the resource use request transaction. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, settlement through a smart contract on a resource use request transaction may be performed by providing a predetermined fee for use from a digital wallet of a resource requester (user) to the platform server 140 (however, this disclosure is Not limited to this). According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, some of the fee for use received from each resource requestor (user) is provided by the platform server 140 to the resource provider of each resource provided to the distributed computing resource sharing system 100 It may be partially settled in a form that is distributed according to the amount of resources (however, the present disclosure is not limited thereto). According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, some of the usage fees received from each resource requestor (user) are evaluated by the platform server 140 for the provided resources (e.g., the entire distributed computing resource sharing system of the corresponding resource). Based on the (100) contribution evaluation) or the like, partial settlement may be made in the form of differential distribution to the resource providers of each resource (however, the present disclosure is not limited thereto).

In this specification, it has been described that the distribution and allocation of shared resources, generation and storage of blocks, settlement and compensation for resource use, and the like are mainly performed under the intervention of the platform server 140, but the present disclosure is not limited thereto. It should be noted that according to another embodiment of the present disclosure, such an operation may be performed without the intervention of the platform server 140 according to a predefined algorithm on the distributed computing resource sharing system 100.

As will be appreciated by those skilled in the art, the present disclosure is not limited to the examples described herein, and various modifications, reconfigurations, and substitutions may be made without departing from the scope of the present disclosure. It should be understood that the various techniques described herein may be implemented by hardware or software, or a combination of hardware and software.

A computer program according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a storage medium readable by a computer processor, such as EPROM, EEPROM, a nonvolatile memory such as a flash memory device, a magnetic disk such as an internal hard disk and a removable disk, a magneto-optical disk, and It can be implemented in a form stored in various types of storage media, including a CDROM disk. Also, the program code(s) may be implemented in assembly language or machine language. It is intended to cover all modifications and changes belonging to the true spirit and scope of the present disclosure by the following claims.

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As a mining method performed in a node on a distributed computing resource sharing system based on a blockchain, including a server and a plurality of nodes,
Receiving an instruction to execute a predetermined operation;
Notifying the server of the completion of the operation according to the received instruction;
Receiving a predetermined nonce value from the server in response to the notification;
Applying the nonce value to a predetermined hash function;
Determining whether a hash result obtained by applying the nonce value to the predetermined hash function satisfies a predetermined criterion; And
When it is determined that the hash result satisfies the predetermined criterion, notifying the nonce value and the hash result on the blockchain
Including,
The operation includes an operation of executing a predetermined number of times of a predetermined machine learning code,
The predetermined criterion is to be determined so that new blocks can be generated at predetermined time intervals on the blockchain. delete The method of claim 1,
The node,
Receiving a nonce value and a hash result from another node among the plurality of nodes; And
Verifying by applying the nonce value and the hash result received from the other node to the hash function
Including, mining method. delete As a mining support method performed by the server on a distributed computing resource sharing system based on a blockchain, including a server and a plurality of nodes,
Receiving a request for one or more tasks from the outside, each of the one or more tasks each including a predetermined number of executions of a predetermined operation;
Allocating execution of operations according to the one or more tasks on the plurality of nodes;
Receiving, from any one of the plurality of nodes, a notification informing that execution of the assigned operations for the one node has been completed; And
In response to receiving the notification, transmitting a predetermined nonce value to the one node-The nonce value is one of a plurality of values generated on the server, and the hash function is Used as input-
Including
Each of the above operations includes an operation of executing a predetermined number of times of a predetermined machine learning code,
The predetermined criterion is determined so that new blocks can be generated on the blockchain at predetermined time intervals. The method of claim 5,
Allocating the execution of the operations on the plurality of nodes includes allocating so that the time taken to execute the operations on the plurality of nodes becomes equal. delete The method of claim 5,
When the nonce value is used as an input of the hash function on the one node, the hash result obtained from the hash function correspondingly satisfies a predetermined criterion. delete A computer-readable recording medium on which instructions executable by a computer are recorded, wherein the instructions, when executed by the computer, cause the computer to: A computer-readable recording medium for carrying out the method according to claim 8.

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