Smart city commodity exchange with smart contracts

A service provider node, comprising:

• a processor coupled to a block data storage device;
• a provider miner agent operable by the processor and executing in a trusted execution environment, the provider miner agent to:
• receive a service request from a smart city commodity exchange network;
• commit resources necessary to complete the service request;
• negotiate via the smart city commodity exchange network with a consumer miner agent operable by a consumer node, to provide one or more goods or services requested in the service request;
• responsive to an agreement between the consumer miner agent and provider miner agent, generate a smart contract that includes terms of the agreement, and store the smart contract on the block data storage device;
• broadcast a ledger having details about the smart contract and transaction information to the smart city commodity exchange network using Blockchain protocols.

A computer implemented method for providing services in a smart city commodity exchange network, comprising:

• receiving a request for service from a consumer node over the smart city commodity exchange network, the request for service including identification of at least one good or service requested, and one or more conditions or terms of the request, wherein the one or more conditions or terms include at least one of a desired geographical location, a series of activities to be performed in a time period, discounts/refund for partial or complete fulfillment failure, alternative services in exchange for failed fulfillment, discounts responsive to occurrence of a pre-condition, fee/cost maximum, or authorization to release personal or location information in exchange for incentives;
• providing an offer to the consumer node via the smart city commodity exchange network;
• committing resources included in the offer;
• responsive to receiving a response to the offer, from the consumer node, negotiating with the consumer node by a provider node from within a trusted execution environment, wherein the negotiating results in one of an acceptance of the offer, a rejection to the offer, a counter-offer, acceptance of the counter-offer, or rejection of the counter-offer;
• and
• responsive to acceptance of the offer or counter offer, generating a smart contract including terms and conditions of the accepted offer or counter-offer, wherein the smart contract and transactions pursuant to the negotiating are recorded in public ledgers in the smart city commodity exchange network according to Blockchain protocols.

At least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon, the instructions when executed on at least one processor cause the at least one processor to:

• receive a request for service from a consumer node over a smart city commodity exchange network, the request for service including identification of at least one good or service requested, and one or more conditions or terms of the request, wherein the one or more conditions or terms include at least one of a desired geographical location, a series of activities to be performed in a time period, discounts/refund for partial or complete fulfillment failure, alternative services in exchange for failed fulfillment, discounts responsive to occurrence of a pre-condition, fee/cost maximum, or authorization to release personal or location information in exchange for incentives;
• provide an offer to the consumer node via the smart city commodity exchange network;
• commit resources included in the offer;
• responsive to receiving a response to the offer, from the consumer node, negotiate with the consumer node by a provider node from within a trusted execution environment, wherein the negotiating results in one of an acceptance of the offer, a rejection to the offer, a counter-offer, acceptance of the counter-offer, or rejection of the counter-offer;
• and
• responsive to acceptance of the offer or counter offer, generate a smart contract including terms and conditions of the accepted offer or counter-offer, wherein the smart contract and transactions pursuant to the negotiating are recorded in public ledgers in the smart city commodity exchange network according to Blockchain protocols.