Fair transaction ordering in blockchains
US12020242B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 7, 2018 |
| Grant date | Jun 25, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 15, 2039 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q2220/00
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An example operation may include one or more of a computer generating an output of a variable random function applied to a public key of a user of a blockchain and a hash of the blockchain block, the computer determining a function f that gives a number x in [0,1] to each of a plurality of transactions on the block based on the output, and the computer ordering the transactions, using the function f, within the block.
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