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Fair transaction ordering in blockchains

US12020242B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 7, 2018
Grant dateJun 25, 2024
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Expiry dateNov 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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