Research
The OORT Foundation is committed to supporting research in a variety of fields including distributed database and computing systems, geo-distributed machine learning and more.
US PATENT

Methods and Apparatus for Verifying Processing Results and/or Taking Corrective Actions in Response to a Detected Invalid Result

This patent introduced a system for spotting when a computer in a network is giving wrong results and how to fix it once found.

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US PATENT

Methods and Apparatus for Performing Distributed Computing Using Blockchain

Methods and apparatus for performing distributed computing using blockchain

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ACADEMIC PAPER

EntrapNet: A Blockchain-Based Verification Protocol for Trustless Computing

EntrapNet is a system that checks computing tasks are done correctly in IoT networks, using smart strategies to make sure tasks are secure and efficient, even from sources we might not fully trust

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ACADEMIC PAPER

Distributed Error Correction Coding Scheme for Low Storage Blockchain Systems

The publication outlines a way to use special codes to reduce how much memory blockchain needs, making it easier to store data. It offers two ideas: one makes it so computers need to store less data, like Bitcoin does, and the other makes the network less busy by carefully choosing which computers verify transactions.

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