An embodiment of the present application provides a user matching method, which includes: receiving first personal information sent by a current user; generating a first candidate peer information list according to the first personal information and providing the first candidate peer information list to the current user for selection; receiving at least one piece of first peer information selected by the current user from the first candidate peer information list; searching for a recommended user according to an information peer exchange principle, wherein the information peer exchange principle comprises that personal information of the recommended user matches with the at least one piece of first peer information selected by the current user, and the first personal information matches with at least one piece of first peer information selected by the recommended user; and providing information of the recommended user to the current user. A user matching apparatus is also provided.

A remote blockchain masternode deployment system including a light client that can deploy a remote masternode without requiring the masternode owner to lose control of the funds staked at the masternode using a transaction identifier including a transaction hash and an index instead of a transfer of locked funds on the blockchain to an address controlled by a party other than the masternode owner. The masternode owner can unilaterally dismantle the masternode and recover the staked funds by spending the staked funds to another address controlled by the masternode operator. A pingless activation allows the masternode owner to “click and run” after funding the masternode without having to wait for the funding transaction to become buried before broadcasting an activation message. A staking vault performs staking functions for the owner in a way that does not allow unilateral spending of staked funds by the vault.

A system and method for content distribution are provided. A content provider generates a network topology having one or more subnetworks made up of content sources. The content provider segments content, such as applications, into segments for distribution. The content provider then distributes the content such that for each identified subnetwork, each content segment is distributed to a content source. Subsequent, client computing device requests for content can be serviced by selecting a content source in a particular subnetwork selected for delivering the requested content to the client computing device to minimize traffic flow of the requested content through the nodes of the distribution network.

A system and method for content distribution are provided. A content provider generates a network topology having one or more subnetworks made up of content sources. The content provider segments content, such as applications, into segments for distribution. The content provider then distributes the content such that for each identified subnetwork, each content segment is distributed to a content source. Subsequent, client computing device requests for content can be serviced by selecting a content source in a particular subnetwork selected for delivering the requested content to the client computing device to minimize traffic flow of the requested content through the nodes of the distribution network.

To more appropriately perform a consensus processing regarding update of a peer-to-peer database. There is provided an information processing apparatus including: an acquiring unit that acquires a value indicating an influence of a user; and a consensus processing unit that performs consensus processing regarding update of a P2P database on the basis of the value indicating the influence.

In one embodiment, a method for maintaining a blockchain in a blockchain system is disclosed. The method may include determining whether a number of blocks included in the blockchain satisfies a threshold block condition. The blocks comprise an initial genesis block and one or more subsequent blocks. The method may also include, responsive to determining the number of blocks in the blockchain satisfies the threshold block threshold condition, determining whether a number of nodes participating in the blockchain system satisfies a threshold node condition. The method may also include, responsive to determining the number of nodes participating in the blockchain satisfies the threshold node condition, generating a subsequent genesis block by hashing the blockchain including the genesis block and the one or more subsequent blocks.

An embodiment of the present application provides a user matching method, which includes: receiving first personal information sent by a current user; generating a first candidate peer information list according to the first personal information and providing the first candidate peer information list to the current user for selection; receiving at least one piece of first peer information selected by the current user from the first candidate peer information list; searching for a recommended user according to an information peer exchange principle, wherein the information peer exchange principle comprises that personal information of the recommended user matches with the at least one piece of first peer information selected by the current user, and the first personal information matches with at least one piece of first peer information selected by the recommended user; and providing information of the recommended user to the current user. A user matching apparatus is also provided.

A remote blockchain masternode deployment system including a light client that can deploy a remote masternode without requiring the masternode owner to lose control of the funds staked at the masternode using a transaction identifier including a transaction hash and an index instead of a transfer of locked funds on the blockchain to an address controlled by a party other than the masternode owner. The masternode owner can unilaterally dismantle the masternode and recover the staked funds by spending the staked funds to another address controlled by the masternode operator. A pingless activation allows the masternode owner to “click and run” after funding the masternode without having to wait for the funding transaction to become buried before broadcasting an activation message. A staking vault performs staking functions for the owner in a way that does not allow unilateral spending of staked funds by the vault.

A system and method for content distribution are provided. A content provider generates a network topology having one or more subnetworks made up of content sources. The content provider segments content, such as applications, into segments for distribution. The content provider then distributes the content such that for each identified subnetwork, each content segment is distributed to a content source. Subsequent, client computing device requests for content can be serviced by selecting a content source in a particular subnetwork selected for delivering the requested content to the client computing device to minimize traffic flow of the requested content through the nodes of the distribution network.

Embodiments described herein generally relate to systems and methods that match the need for processing capability with the supply of computing resources. Similarly stated, embodiments described herein generally relate to systems and methods that allow users with a need for computing resources to have their computational problems serve as a basis for cryptocurrency mining. Embodiments described herein also relate to smart contracts such that users with a need for computing resources can stake a payment token such that miners are incentivized to solve a computational problem and are automatically awarded payment upon completion of the computational problem or a subtask associated with the computational problem.