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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2020
Helium Systems, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Amir Haleem, San Francisco, CA (US);
Andrew Thompson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Andrew Allen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Marc Nijdam, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jay Kickliter, San Francisco, CA (US);
HELIUM SYSTEMS, INC., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
Provided herein are systems and methods for implementing a network consensus for a blockchain network that is characterized by one or more, or all, of the following attributes: (1) implementation of a Proof-of-Coverage scheme; (2) lack of permission for nodes to participate in the network; (3) decentralization, with lack of incentives to centralize; (4)fault tolerance; (5) based on useful work to the network; (6) high confirmed transaction rate; and (7) censor-resistant transactions.