METHODS AND SYSTEMS IMPLEMENTED IN A NETWORK ARCHITECTURE WITH NODES CAPABLE OF PERFORMING MESSAGE-BASED TRANSACTIONS

摘要

A method for establishing connection weights between network nodes is implemented by communicating data processing units, a public key and a private key being associated with each node, a given node being able to communicate its public key to another node, thus forming a so-called real connection (“IRL-connected”) between two nodes, and each node also being able to communicate to another node a public key received from yet another node, thus forming a so-called indirect connection between the other node and the yet another node. Each node can have a specific connection weight in relation to another node with which it has a real or indirect connection. In order to determine the connection weight of a second node in relation to a first node, the method comprises calculating a set combination of weighting factors (influence, proximity) of third nodes that are IRL-connected to the second node.