This research paper explores the concept of Decentralized Finance (DeFi) and the importance of governance and decision-making in DeFi platforms. The paper reviews the literature on traditional finance governance models and blockchain-based governance mechanisms in DeFi platforms, and discusses the challenges and opportunities in designing decentralized governance models for DeFi platforms. The research question is "What are the challenges and opportunities in designing decentralized governance models for DeFi platforms?" and the study objectives are to review the literature on traditional finance governance models, analyze blockchain-based governance mechanisms in DeFi platforms, and discuss the challenges and opportunities in designing decentralized governance models for DeFi platforms. A mixed-methods approach is utilized, combining a systematic review of the literature with a survey of DeFi platform users. The results reveal that there is a growing interest in decentralized governance mechanisms among DeFi platform users, but there are also several challenges that need to be addressed in designing effective decentralized governance models. This research contributes to the ongoing discussion on the importance of governance and decision-making in DeFi platforms, and provides insights for the design and implementation of decentralized governance mechanisms in the DeFi ecosystem.
Abstract-With the promising technology of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs), lots of applications have been developed for monitoring and tracking in military, commercial, and educational environments. Characteristics of WSNs and resource limitation impose negative impacts on the performance and effectiveness of these applications. Imbalanced energy consumption among sensor nodes can significantly reduce the performance and lifetime of the network. In multi-hop corona WSN, the traffic imbalance among sensor nodes will make nodes located near to the sink consume more energy and finish their energy faster than those distant from the sink. This would cause what is called "energy hole", which prevents the network from performing the intended tasks properly. The objective of the work in this paper is to balance energy consumption to help improving the lifetime of corona-based WSNs. To maximize the lifetime of the network, an innovative energy provisioning technique is proposed for harmonizing the energy consumption among coronas by computing the extra needed energy in every corona. Experimental results of the evaluation revealed that the proposed technique could improve the network lifetime noticeably via fair balancing of energy consumption ratio among coronas.
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