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Cascading family of blockchains

US11698897B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 18, 2019
Grant dateJul 11, 2023
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Expiry dateSep 18, 2039

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L63/12
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system, method, and computer-readable storage medium is provided for creating first and second blockchain instances, each comprising representative blocks corresponding to steps in first and second multistep processes, respectively; performing a linking operation to link a block in the first blockchain instance to a block in the second blockchain instance; receiving change evidence data pertaining to steps in one of the first and second multi-step processes; and performing an update operation comprising updating one of the first and second blockchain instances based on said change evidence data.

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