Reputation Based Consensus Mechanism for Drone Swarms with Ethereum Blockchain

Mustafa Tosun; Şerif Bahtiyar

doi:10.1007/978-3-032-04728-1_1

Reputation Based Consensus Mechanism for Drone Swarms with Ethereum Blockchain

Mustafa Tosun^*
, Şerif Bahtiyar

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Computer Engineering

Istanbul Technical University

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

Abstract

Having a consensus for decision making in swarm UAVs in critical systems has been a significant challenge. In this research, we propose a blockchain-based consensus mechanism for autonomous target selection in military drone swarms. The system integrates reputation-weighted voting, cross-sensor validation, and Byzantine fault tolerance to enable decentralized decision-making. Adjustable thresholds, which as 60% for normal missions, 70% for critical missions, and dynamic reputations ensure robustness. This work bridges the gap between decentralized trust and real-time operational efficiency in autonomous swarm UAV systems.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The 6th Joint International Conference on AI, Big Data and Blockchain, AIBB 2025
Editors	Irfan Awan, Muhammad Younas, George Ghinea, Grønli Tor-Morten, Sevil Sen
Publisher	Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages	3-14
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Print)	9783032047274
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-04728-1_1
Publication status	Published - 2025
Event	6th Joint International Conference on AI, Big Data, and Blockchain, AIBB 2025 - Hybrid, Istanbul, Turkey Duration: 19 Aug 2025 → 21 Aug 2025

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems
Volume	1618 LNNS
ISSN (Print)	2367-3370
ISSN (Electronic)	2367-3389

Conference

Conference	6th Joint International Conference on AI, Big Data, and Blockchain, AIBB 2025
Country/Territory	Turkey
City	Hybrid, Istanbul
Period	19/08/25 → 21/08/25

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2025.

Keywords

Blockchain
Decision
Swarm
UAV
Voting

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10.1007/978-3-032-04728-1_1

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Tosun, M., & Bahtiyar, Ş. (2025). Reputation Based Consensus Mechanism for Drone Swarms with Ethereum Blockchain. In I. Awan, M. Younas, G. Ghinea, G. Tor-Morten, & S. Sen (Eds.), The 6th Joint International Conference on AI, Big Data and Blockchain, AIBB 2025 (pp. 3-14). (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems; Vol. 1618 LNNS). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-04728-1_1

Tosun, Mustafa ; Bahtiyar, Şerif. / Reputation Based Consensus Mechanism for Drone Swarms with Ethereum Blockchain. The 6th Joint International Conference on AI, Big Data and Blockchain, AIBB 2025. editor / Irfan Awan ; Muhammad Younas ; George Ghinea ; Grønli Tor-Morten ; Sevil Sen. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2025. pp. 3-14 (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems).

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Tosun, M & Bahtiyar, Ş 2025, Reputation Based Consensus Mechanism for Drone Swarms with Ethereum Blockchain. in I Awan, M Younas, G Ghinea, G Tor-Morten & S Sen (eds), The 6th Joint International Conference on AI, Big Data and Blockchain, AIBB 2025. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol. 1618 LNNS, Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, pp. 3-14, 6th Joint International Conference on AI, Big Data, and Blockchain, AIBB 2025, Hybrid, Istanbul, Turkey, 19/08/25. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-04728-1_1

Reputation Based Consensus Mechanism for Drone Swarms with Ethereum Blockchain. / Tosun, Mustafa; Bahtiyar, Şerif.
The 6th Joint International Conference on AI, Big Data and Blockchain, AIBB 2025. ed. / Irfan Awan; Muhammad Younas; George Ghinea; Grønli Tor-Morten; Sevil Sen. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2025. p. 3-14 (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems; Vol. 1618 LNNS).

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Tosun M, Bahtiyar Ş. Reputation Based Consensus Mechanism for Drone Swarms with Ethereum Blockchain. In Awan I, Younas M, Ghinea G, Tor-Morten G, Sen S, editors, The 6th Joint International Conference on AI, Big Data and Blockchain, AIBB 2025. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. 2025. p. 3-14. (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems). doi: 10.1007/978-3-032-04728-1_1