Refiner: a reliable and efficient incentive-driven federated learning system powered by blockchain

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作   者：

Hong Lin;  Ke Chen;  Dawei Jiang;  Lidan Shou;  Gang Chen; 

作者机构：

Zhejiang University;  China;  The State Key Laboratory of Blockchain and Data Security;  Hangzhou 310027; 

关键词：

Federated learning;  Blockchain; 

期刊名称：

VLDB journal: The international journal of very large data bases

i s s n：

1066-8888

年卷期：

2024 年 33 卷 3 期

页   码：

807-831

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摘   要：

Federated learning (FL) enables learning a model from data distributed across numerous workers while preserving data privacy. However, the classical FL technique is designed for Web2 applications where participants are trusted to produce correct computation results. Moreover, classical FL workers are assumed to voluntarily contribute their computational resources and have the same learning speed. Therefore, the classical FL technique is not applicable to Web3 applications, where participants are untrusted and self-interested players with potentially malicious behaviors and heterogeneous learning speeds. This paper proposes Refiner, a novel blockchain-powered decentralized FL system for Web3 applications. Refiner addresses the challenges introduced by Web3 participants by extending the classical FL technique with three interoperative extensions: (1) an incentive scheme for attracting self-interested participants, (2) a two-stage audit scheme for preventing malicious behavior, and (3) an incentive-aware semi-synchronous learning scheme for handling heterogeneous workers. We provide theoretical analyses of the security and efficiency of Refiner. Extensive experimental results on the CIFAR-10 and Shakespeare datasets confirm the effectiveness, security, and efficiency of Refiner.