The cornerstone of the Artizyou network is a claim. A claim is simply a message (arbitrary data) stored with the public key of the person who sent this message and a valid cryptographic signature for that message and the public key:
ClaimClaim > Public Key Signature Message
Messages store information that an actor or creative wishes to keep for future reference.
* Source: coinmetrics.io
For scalability as a key strategic differentiator and to minimize transaction costs, Artizyou stores multiple claims in a single Ethereum transaction by hashing a full set of claims in an OP_RETURN output. While the Ethereum blockchain provides the most secure immutable data library that has ever existed, storing data on the blockchain is expensive. Instead of directly storing assets and metadata on the blockchain, Artizyou stores this data in a distributed hash table, using BitTorrent and the Kademlia DHT network.
Artizyou nodes chop creative works and advertise a BitTorrent magnetic link to the Ethereum blockchain. Other users are advised that this medium of new information is available for download, as other nodes are constantly monitoring the Ethereum blockchain to receive notifications about new claim sets they may download. The hash proves that the claims existed at some point. Artizyou could use any blockchain, or an aggregate of multiple blockchains, to publish this information in the future.
In the current data format, valid Artizyou transactions must follow these rules:
- Have at least two outputs
- One of the outputs must be a standard OP Return output with the prefix "0xf3" written in ASCII encoding, the torrent info hash containing the claimset information, and the BEP009 Tagged Info Hash, which should replace the use of SHA1 for SHA256.
- An exit payment at the minimum price of 0.023630568 Ether, which is currently $40.27, to the Ethereum address of Artizyou, which will be rolled back during the first development cycle of the Artizyou era and replaced with a transaction group in a single hash in order to lower the cost by 90%.
The hash is a one-way function that proves the existence of a work, but one cannot retrieve the work itself using only the hash. Therefore, Artizyou uses the BitTorrent network to store the complete works in files and allows them to be shared via torrent.
Claim Set Ethereum Transaction
Once a claim has been made, it can be queried by interaction with an Artizyou node or any other system adhering to the Artizyou protocol.
A process similar to filing a claim can be used by a notary to add another level of claim (a certification), revoke a claim, or signal that the claim is available for license (an offer).
A node is composed of the following micro-services:
ClaimSet Creator: An API for the creation of claims; several claims created by users over short periods (from a few minutes to an hour) will be grouped together into a single set of claims, hashes, and timestamps, which will be put on the blockchain and then passed to the torrent subsystem and, finally, to the claim processor.
Backup service: Responsible for downloading and booting applications of changes and notifying other subsystems when new information is ready to be consumed.
Ether Scan: Scans the Ethereum blockchain (both continuously and retroactively) for valid Artizyou transactions.
Complaints Processor: Coordinates the Ethereum scanner and the change initiation subsystem, enriches the information of the complaint set with confirmation information from the blockchain, and stores the information in a database.
Trusted Claim System: Processes information from the claims processor and filters only claims certified by trusted notaries. The result is an organized database of reliable claims.
Plagiarism Detection Subsystem: Applies domain-specific rules to information collected by the trusted claims system and exposes the information with a RESTful API.
The micro-services inside an Artizyou node communicate with each other via the RabbitMQ, and Artizyou nodes communicate with each other via the Ethereum blockchain and the protocol.
