TIMEBANK: AI-Powered Skill Matching and Blockchain-Enabled Peer-to-Peer Time-Credit Service Exchange System – A Literature Survey

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CVS Jayadhanush, Jayanth S R, Keerthan M N, Prasad Prakash Bhat, Prof. Pathanjali C


Abstract

 The rapid growth of the digital economy has created significant opportunities for skill sharing and collaborative learning; however, most existing service exchange platforms rely on monetary transactions, limiting access for individuals with valuable skills but limited financial resources. Although time banking promotes service exchange through time credits instead of money, traditional systems often lack intelligent service matching, secure transaction management, transparency, and mechanisms to establish user trust. These limitations reduce the efficiency, scalability, and reliability of existing time-based exchange platforms.This paper presents TimeBank: AI-Powered Skill Matching and Blockchain-Enabled Time-Credit Service Exchange System, an intelligent platform that facilitates peer-to-peer service exchange using time credits. The proposed system integrates artificial intelligence to provide personalized skill recommendations through collaborative and content-based filtering techniques, while blockchain technology ensures transparent, immutable, and secure recording of service transactions. In addition, trust scoring and AI-based fraud detection enhance user credibility and platform security by identifying suspicious activities. By combining AI, blockchain, and the principles of the sharing economy, the proposed platform promotes equitable access to services, strengthens community collaboration, and enables a scalable, secure, and sustainable ecosystem for skill exchange in educational institutions and professional communities..


Keywords

Time Banking / TimeBank, Time-Credit System, AI-Powered Skill Matching, Recommendation Systems, Machine Learning



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