Patent · US Active

Blockchain consensus method, apparatus, and device, and storage medium

US12238230B2 · kind B2 · utility

0Cited by
1References
16Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateAug 4, 2022
Grant dateFeb 25, 2025
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 4, 2042

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L9/3297
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A blockchain consensus method includes: on the basis of transaction data and a verifiable delay function, a node generating a target block, or synchronously acquiring a target block from other nodes; determining, from among multiple sub-blockchains, a target sub-blockchain based on information of a target block, and adding the target block to the target sub-blockchain; then, acquiring respective corresponding effective block sequences from the multiple sub-blockchains; performing global sorting on effective blocks on the basis of logic clocks respectively corresponding to acquired effective blocks, and acquiring a global blockchain. A global blockchain is acquired by using a means of multi-chain consensus, thereby improving the expandability and transaction throughput of a blockchain system in a large-scale open network environment. Acquiring a global blockchain by performing global sorting on effective blocks on the basis of logic clocks corresponding to the effective blocks can better improve the security of a multi-chain system.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.