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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2024
Applicant:
Nchain Licensing Ag, Zug, CH;
Inventors:
Assignee:
NCHAIN LICENSING AG, Zug, CH;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/27 (2019.01); G06F 9/38 (2018.01); G06F 16/22 (2019.01); G06F 16/23 (2019.01); G06F 16/901 (2019.01); G06Q 20/06 (2012.01); G06Q 20/22 (2012.01); G06Q 20/36 (2012.01); G06Q 20/38 (2012.01); H04L 9/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); H04L 9/00 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/32 (2013.01); G06F 9/3836 (2013.01); G06F 16/2246 (2019.01); G06F 16/2379 (2019.01); G06F 16/278 (2019.01); G06F 16/9027 (2019.01); G06Q 20/065 (2013.01); G06Q 20/0658 (2013.01); G06Q 20/223 (2013.01); G06Q 20/3674 (2013.01); G06Q 20/3678 (2013.01); G06Q 20/3827 (2013.01); H04L 9/0618 (2013.01); H04L 9/0643 (2013.01); H04L 9/3239 (2013.01); H04L 9/50 (2022.05); H04L 2209/56 (2013.01);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method and system is provided that maintains blocks of a blockchain across nodes of a sharded blockchain network, wherein each node is a member of one or more shards of a plurality of active shards. The method and system employ a given node that is a member of a particular subset of the plurality of active shards to generate data representing a new block of the blockchain and store the data representing the new block. Such data includes i) a list of transaction identifiers for transactions that are part of the new block and associated with the particular subset of the plurality of active shards, and/or ii) a Partial Merkle Tree for the new block.