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Blockchain with random committee selection

US12034867B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Yacov Manevich · Haifa, IL
Artem Barger · Haifa, IL
Hagar Meir · Tel Aviv-Yafo, IL

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 11, 2021
Grant date	Jul 9, 2024
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 15, 2042

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L2209/56
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An example operation may include one or more of storing blockchain blocks committed to a blockchain based on a protocol executed by a current consensus committee of a blockchain network, receiving random values from the blockchain blocks which are created by nodes of the current consensus committee, randomly determining nodes of a next consensus committee of the blockchain network with respect to the current consensus committee based on the random values created by the nodes of the current consensus committee, and storing a new block to the blockchain based on a protocol based executed by the nodes of the next consensus committee.

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