Blockchain Assisted Data Edge Verification with Consensus Algorithm for Machine Learning Assisted IoT

Internet of Things (IoT) devices are becoming increasingly ubiquitous in daily life. They are utilized in various sectors like healthcare, manufacturing, and transportation. The main challenges related to IoT devices are the potential for faults to occur and their reliability. In classical IoT fault detection, the client device must upload raw information to the central server for the training model, which can reveal sensitive business information. Blockchain (BC) technology and a fault detection algorithm are applied to overcome these challenges. Generally, the fusion of BC technology and fault detection algorithms can give a secure and more reliable IoT ecosystem. Therefore, this study develops a new Blockchain Assisted Data Edge Verification with Consensus Algorithm for Machine Learning (BDEV-CAML) technique for IoT Fault Detection purposes. The presented BDEV-CAML technique integrates the benefits of blockchain, IoT, and ML models to enhance the IoT network’s trustworthiness, efficacy, and security. In BC technology, IoT devices that possess a significant level of decentralized decision-making capability can attain a consensus on the efficiency of intrablock transactions. For fault detection in the IoT network, the deep directional gated recurrent unit (DBiGRU) model is used. Finally, the African vulture optimization algorithm (AVOA) technique is utilized for the optimal hyperparameter tuning of the DBiGRU model, which helps in improving the fault detection rate. A detailed set of experiments were carried out to highlight the enhanced performance of the BDEV-CAML algorithm. The comprehensive experimental results stated the improved performance of the BDEV-CAML technique over other existing models with maximum accuracy of 99.6%.