Human protocol introduces blockchain coordination layer for data contribution

Users receive rewards for contributing data on the Human Protocol, which can be used an initial-point of learning for algorithms.

On Thursday, decentralized infrastructure project Human Protocol said it was launching a new blockchain coordination layer to handle routing functionality among third-party vendors to power data contribution on the network. The feature, known as Routing Protocol, sits atop Human to enable the discovery of network generators, fee agreements, consensus job standards, proof of balance, and governance support for network upgrades.

The Human protocol started via an on-chain bot blocker called hCaptcha that would reward users for solving CAPTCHAs and gradually became a broader solution for tokenizing contribution. Human expects the community-developed, open-source Routing Protocol to simplify the steps of operating a network entity such as an Exchange Oracle. This stems from Routing Protocol’s ability to coordinate oracles, job exchanges, layer-one integrations for job listings, and workpool operators.

As an end goal, the Human network seeks to leverage the peer-to-peer consensus mechanism inherent in blockchain design to resolve automation tasks that cannot be performed without initial human assistance. One example of such a value proposition is in the realm of AI e-commerce marketing. Without an initial “training” data-set, a machine-learning algorithm cannot effectively suggest ads relevant to their shopping behavior to web users.

But by using the Human Protocol, network clients can post smart bounties for such consumer reviews and reward users for their input via the HMT token. The development team’s vision is to create a decentralized platform for rewarding data suppliers to those demanding it. It seeks to meet the objective of facilitating direct, globally-mapped connections at the intersection of workers, companies, and machine learning, all at scale.