Blockchain machine compute acceleration engine with a block verify and a block validate
US11743051B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 28, 2020 |
| Grant date | Aug 29, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 18, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2209/125
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Embodiments herein describe a hardware accelerator for a blockchain node. The hardware accelerator is used to perform a validation operation to validate one or more transactions before those transactions are committed to a ledger of a blockchain. The blockchain may include multiple peer-nodes, each of which contains standard software running on a server or container. Instead of validating a block of transactions using software, the hardware accelerator can validate the transactions in a fraction of the time. The peer-node software then gathers the validation results from the hardware accelerator and combines the results with received block data to derive the block which is committed to the stored ledger.
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