Blockchain-Enabled Decentralized Edge Intelligence for Trustworthy 6G Consumer Electronics

As 6G communication technology advances, there is a growing trend of incorporating blockchain technology, which has already demonstrated its effectiveness in multiple areas. Merging blockchain technology with 6G communication opens up novel prospects for consumer electronics, facilitating the creation of secure, private, and decentralized networks, along with pioneering applications and services. We explore the synergistic incorporation of blockchain with 6G communication networks to enable secure and decentralized connectivity tailored for consumer electronics. To this end, a multi-party, dependable framework comprising intelligent edge servers, blockchain consensus, and resource-constrained electronic devices is proposed. Analytical models characterize the system’s unique cost and incentive tradeoffs, accounting for factors like energy, latency, credibility, and capacity. We analyze symmetric and asymmetric information scenarios, providing insights into optimal resource allocation strategies in different knowledge conditions within the network. Extensive simulations validate gains over benchmarks across mobile augmented reality gaming and distributed machine learning workloads, achieving over 90% offloading efficiency within 50ms latency targets as infrastructure scales up to 100 edge servers and 2000 devices. These results establish the feasibility of blended edge intelligence, cryptography, and wireless advancements in realizing next-generation consumer solutions spanning metaverse, ambient computing, and industrial IoT while preserving user control.