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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2018
Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy, Espoo, FI;
Simon Borst, Maplewood, NJ (US);
Anwar Walid, Watchung, NJ (US);
Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo, FI;
Abstract
Various embodiments relate to a method and apparatus for achieving a target transaction rate, T, in a Blockchain network, the method including the steps of measuring and comparing a current transaction rate to the target transaction rate, T, and adjusting a difficulty-of-work parameter to achieve the target transaction rate, based upon a characterization of the target transaction rate T that is a function of a block size parameter for each of the plurality of blocks, B, a total number of nodes parameter, K, a hashing power per node parameter, h, a success probability parameter, p, an average block transfer delay parameter, δ, and a block dissemination delay parameter,*S(K).