Havelaar - Implementation Of A Peer-to-Peer Reputation System

In this thesis, we discuss the implementation of a reputation system called Havelaar. The aim of Havelaar is to provide incentives for contributing in a peer-to-peer network, namely the new peer-to-peer overlay network Kangoo, which is currently being developed at ETH Zurich. First some general properties and problems of designing such a reputation system are shown, and we discuss related work in this area. Then we take a look at Havelaar itself and – more specifically – at its actual implementation into