This invention describes a computer system that helps you determine how trustworthy external data sources are. When you request reliability information for a data source that isn't part of the blockchain, the system identifies its type and then retrieves a reliability score from a special database stored on a shared blockchain network. This score is then provided back to you. The claims specify that if the data source's category isn't found, its identity can still be used to find a score, and that the database can be a key-value store on the blockchain.
Why it matters: Filed when blockchain scalability and robust oracle networks were nascent. The widespread adoption of smart contracts and the maturity of oracle solutions now make a decentralized reliability database for off-chain data far more practical and necessary.
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