Unlike blockchain protocols designed to provide trust from a network whose state and data is known and agreed upon by the majority of the participants, it is difficult to know the complete state of the HighTech directed acyclic graph. trust is achieved with the following philosophical toolkit :

1. select a random node.
2. request information.
3. repeat N times.
4. compare responses for consensus.
5. discourage undesirable behavior as needed by adding cost and friction.

the amount of trust required by the task defines the number of times these steps are repeated and the stringency of the consensus.


FEES :
fees are how workers (nodes) are compensated for completing tasks. some tasks, such as confirming transactions, are built into the HighTech Network. additionally, the system is designed to allow developers to create their own tasks which compensate nodes for completing the work defined by the developer. this forms the foundation for a fee based economy.

transaction fees reduce spam transactions, incentivize node operators to be online to validate and store transaction data, influence the speed and scale that transactions propagate through the network and provide opportunities to architect additional features to increase the economic activity supported by the protocol.

senders can explicitly configure the amount of the transaction fee they propose to proxy nodes. the HighTech Network client is also able to suggest an appropriate fee amount based on current network fee prices. nodes are also able to configure the minimum fee they are willing to accept to act as a proxy node.

nodes that are configured to maintain connections to many peer nodes may decide to configure a higher proxy fee minimum because their network connectivity accelerates the speed at which they can propagate transactions. nodes that are configured to support many data shards may configure their fees to represent the speed with which they can locate historical transaction data needed to validate new transactions.

TRANSACTION FLOW :
1. sender constucts a transaction with inputs, recipients and amounts to be sent.
2. sender node selects a random node from a list of nodes that recently transacted on the HighTech Network. this is the proxy node.
3. sender submits an unsigned transaction payload with proposed transaction fee to proxy node.
4. if proxy node accepts proposed fee, proxy gathers the required transaction data to validate the transaction and send proof of work to the sender.
5. the sender verifies the proof of work and sends the signed transaction to the proxy node.
6. if the proxy node validates the transaction it collects the fee and propagates the transaction to its peers.
7. proxy node notifies the sender that the transaction was validated and propagated
8. the peers that are connected to the proxy node perform work to validate the transaction, knowing that the data required for validation is hosted by the proxy node at a minimum. this reinforces that relevant data for a current transaction exists, renews and spreads on the network.
9. if nodes can’t validate the transaction, all of its outputs, including the transaction fee to the proxy, are invalid.


USE CASE :
a range of HighTech Network amounts and probabilities is managed to increase or sustain the number of nodes and to balance node configurations and shard assignments on the network. Every minute an analysis of active nodes is performed using table node_attribute. The balance of the resource economy is assessed and individual payments are made to node operators each minute.

while the range of potential payments is determined based on each node’s attributes relative to the balance of the network state, the precise value within that range is selected at random using weighted probability.

this method produces a stable daily sum of payments that achieves the targeted daily payment amounts, with short term deviations that make it difficult to see how monetary policy affects payment amounts.

the daily payment target per node is roughly determined using the daily dollar cost of running an aws instance, plus profit added for the node operator.


OVERVIEW :

a baseline amount of nodes and transaction data storage will be in operation prior to the public launch of HighTech Network.

these nodes will consist of a mix of server grade devices, full node cluster valves and lightweight pruned nodes. The nodes guarantee a minimum service level for the HighTech Network by creating transactions to ensure the DAG constantly progresses, validating transactions and publishing data for syncing nodes. Prior to broader node operator adoption, the existence of the baseline nodes makes the economics of 51% attacks less attractive.

recruit, educate, certify and incentivize professionals and their projects that contribute to the HighTech ecosystem. match businesses with known professionals that can contribute to their objectives.

USE CASE :

• compensate lead developer of each whole number version that is released
• compensate each meaningful git submission
• compensate educators for professionals they recruit and mentor through certification
• compensate professionals for achieving certification