# Distributed Trust Through the Lens of Software Architecture

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08056 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2306.08056/

## Key facts

- No citing papers in the map yet (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- Builds on 13 of its 57 references that are in the map.
- First posted on arXiv 25 May 2023.

## Builds on (most cited first, 13 of 13)

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## Abstract (arXiv)

Distributed trust is a nebulous concept that has evolved from different perspectives in recent years. While one can attribute its current prominence to blockchain and cryptocurrency, the distributed trust concept has been cultivating progress in federated learning, trustworthy and responsible AI in an ecosystem setting, data sharing, privacy issues across organizational boundaries, and zero trust cybersecurity. This paper will survey the concept of distributed trust in multiple disciplines. It will take a system/software architecture point of view to look at trust redistribution/shift and the associated tradeoffs in systems and applications enabled by distributed trust technologies.