Title: Image-based Proof of Work Algorithm for the Incentivization of Blockchain Archival of Interesting Images,
Abstract: A new variation of blockchain proof of work algorithm is proposed to
incentivize the timely execution of image processing algorithms. A sample image
processing algorithm is proposed to determine interesting images using analysis
of the entropy of pixel subsets within images. The efficacy of the image
processing algorithm is examined using two small sets of training and test
data. The interesting image algorithm is then integrated into a simplified
blockchain mining proof of work algorithm based on Bitcoin. The incentive of
cryptocurrency mining is theorized to incentivize the execution of the
algorithm and thus the retrieval of images that satisfy a minimum requirement
set forth by the interesting image algorithm. The digital storage implications
of running an image- based blockchain are then examined mathematically.