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Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2023

Filed:

Nov. 27, 2018
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Yacov Manevich, Haifa, IL;

Artem Barger, Haifa, IL;

Alessandro Sorniotti, Rueschlikon, CH;

Angelo De Caro, Zürich, CH;

Elli Androulaki, Zürich, CH;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/23 (2019.01); H04L 9/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/00 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/2379 (2019.01); H04L 9/0637 (2013.01); H04L 9/0643 (2013.01); H04L 9/50 (2022.05);
Abstract

An example operation may include one or more of identifying a new entry, receiving one or more new entry signatures to approve the new entry to, such that the one or more new entry signatures each include a signature of the new entry and hashes of previously signed entries for a common block, verifying the one or more new entry signatures for commit by performing a signature verification of the new entry, determining the common block has more than one entry with a hash signed by a same member, and responsive to the signature check being performed on the new entry and determining the common block has more than one entry with a hash signed by a same member, designating one or more previously received entries as verified for commit without performing a signature verification of the one or more previously received entries.


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