PEER-TO-PEER SCHOLARSHIP, MENTORSHIP, AND APPRENTICESHIP DISTRIBUTED APPLICATION, METHOD, AND SYSTEM USING A BLOCKCHAIN

摘要

A blockchain configuration may provide a simple and secure infrastructure for students to identify subject matter experts as tutors and career mentors, as well as earn scholarship funds in the form of microtransactions of digital currency. One example method may comprise one or more of transmitting a query to a network of nodes to respond in exchange for a microtransaction reward of digital currency; receiving a plurality of responses from the network of nodes; determining one or more best responses from among the plurality of responses; transmitting the reward to the one or more nodes that provided the one or more best responses; combining data related to the query, responses, best answers, and microtransactions into a block of data; and recording the block of data on a blockchain. The method may also include validating the query and plurality of responses in exchange for a microtransaction according to a blockchain proof-of-work configuration.