MetaOracle: A High-Throughput Decentralized Oracle for Web 3.0-Empowered Metaverse

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ZTE Communications ›› 2024, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (2): 11-18.DOI: 10.12142/ZTECOM.202402003

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MetaOracle: A High-Throughput Decentralized Oracle for Web 3.0-Empowered Metaverse

CHEN Rui¹, LI Hui¹(), LI Wuyang¹, BAI He¹, WANG Han¹, WU Naixing², FAN Ping², KANG Jian², DENG Selwyn², ZHU Xiang²

^1.School of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Peking University, Shenzhen 518055, China
^2.China United Network Communications Co. , Ltd. , Shenzhen Branch, Shenzhen 518031, China

Received:2024-04-19 Online:2024-06-28 Published:2024-06-25
About author:CHEN Rui is currently pursuing the master degree at the School of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Peking University, China. Her research interests focus on blockchain.
LI Hui ( lih64@pkusz.edu.cn) is a professor of Shenzhen Graduate School, Peking University, China. He received his BE and MS degrees from School of Information Engineering, Tsinghua University, China in 1986 and 1989, respectively, and PhD degree from the Department of Information Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China in 2000. He is the Director of Shenzhen Key Lab of Information theory & Future Internet Architecture, and Director of PKU Lab of China Environment for Network Innovations (CENI), National Major Research Infrastructure.
LI Wuyang is currently pursuing his master degree at the School of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Peking University,China. His research interests focus on blockchain.
BAI He received her BE degree from the School of Information Engineering, Zhengzhou University, China in 2019. She is currently pursuing her PhD degree at the School of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Peking University, China. Her research interests focus on congestion control and transport protocol.
WANG Han is currently pursuing her PhD degree at the School of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Peking University, China. Her research interests focus on blockchain and metaverse.
WU Naixing works as a professor-level senior engineer in China United Network Communications Co., Ltd. He received his PhD degree from the Department of Computer Application Technology, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China in 2000.
FAN Ping works as a senior engineer in China United Network Communications Co., Ltd.
KANG Jian works as a senior engineer in China United Network Communications Co., Ltd.
Selwyn DENGworks as a senior engineer in China United Network Communications Co., Ltd.
ZHU Xiang works as a senior engineer in China United Network Communications Co., Ltd.
Supported by:
Shenzhen Fundamental Research Programs(JCYJ20220531093206015);40, GuangDong Prov. R&D Key Programs(2019B010137001);Basic Research Enhancement Program of China(2021-JCJQ-JJ-0483);National Keystone R&D Program of China(2017YFB0803204);Natural Science Foundation of China(61671001);ZTE Industry-University-Institute Fund Project(2019ZTE03-01);HuaWei Funding(TC20201222002)

Abstract

Abstract:

Recent rapid advancements in communication technology have brought forth the era of Web 3.0, representing a substantial transformation in the Internet landscape. This shift has led to the emergence of various decentralized metaverse applications that leverage blockchain as their underlying technology to enable users to exchange value directly from point to point. However, blockchains are blind to the real world, and smart contracts cannot directly access data from the external world. To address this limitation, the technology of oracles has been introduced to provide real-world data for smart contracts and other blockchain applications. In this paper, we focus on mitigating the risks associated with oracles providing corrupt or incorrect data. We propose a novel Web 3.0 architecture for the Metaverse based on the multi-identifier network (MIN), and its decentralized blockchain oracle model called MetaOracle. The experimental results show that the proposed scheme can achieve minor time investment in return for significantly more reliable data and increased throughput.

Key words: Web 3.0, metaverse, blockchain, smart contract, oracle

CHEN Rui, LI Hui, LI Wuyang, BAI He, WANG Han, WU Naixing, FAN Ping, KANG Jian, DENG Selwyn, ZHU Xiang. MetaOracle: A High-Throughput Decentralized Oracle for Web 3.0-Empowered Metaverse[J]. ZTE Communications, 2024, 22(2): 11-18.

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