Validating result sets using a zero trust mechanism

A method for enabling a decentralized physical infrastructure network (DePIN), the method being operable on a network of nodes wherein each node includes a computer system comprising at least a processor, a memory and a computer program comprising processor-executable instructions stored on a non-transitory processor-readable medium, the DePIN comprising:

• a shared metadata layer;
• a plurality of operator nodes in data communication with each other and with the shared metadata layer, wherein the plurality of operator nodes form a peer-to-peer network;
• at least one data source in data communication with at least one of the plurality operator nodes;
• a client device in data communication with at least one of the plurality of operator nodes;
• the method comprising:
• receiving source data by at least one of the plurality of operator nodes from the at least one data source;
• computing one or more original hash values based on the content of the source data;
• publishing the one or more original hash values to the shared metadata layer;
• generating a request by the client device for the source data stored on the at least one of the plurality of operator nodes;
• receiving a result set by the client device, from the at least one of the plurality of operator nodes;
• validating the source data by recalculating one or more hash values of the source data and comparing the one or more recalculated hash values to the one or more original hash values;
• and
• validating the result set, by re-executing the request on the validated source data to generate a representative of the validating set and comparing a representative of the validating set with a representative of the result set to determine accuracy of the result set.

A method for improving trust in a decentralized physical infrastructure network (DePIN), the method being operable on a network of nodes wherein each node includes at least one computer system comprising at least a processor, a memory and a computer program comprising processor-executable instructions stored on a non-transitory processor-readable medium, the method comprising:

• receiving, by a client device, a result set created by executing a request on a source data from at least one of a plurality of operator nodes of the DePIN;
• validating the source data by calculating one or more hash values of the source data and comparing the one or more calculated hash values with one or more original hash values published on a shared metadata layer;
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• validating the result set, by executing the request on the validated source data to generate a validating set and comparing the validating set with the result set to determine accuracy of the result set.