Witness blocks in blockchain applications
US10862672B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 24, 2017 |
| Grant date | Dec 8, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 31, 2038 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L9/50
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Techniques are disclosed for managing data of an application. One embodiment presented herein includes a computer-implemented method, which includes scanning a distributed system to identify one or more blocks comprising data associated with the application. The method further includes generating a witness block based on the one or more blocks. The witness block may comprise a state of the data from the one or more blocks. The method further includes adding the witness block to the distributed system.
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