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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2020
Applicant:
Nchain Licensing Ag, Zug, CH;
Inventors:
Assignee:
nChain Licensing AG, Zug, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/00 (2022.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/50 (2022.05); H04L 9/3236 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and devices to enable the splitting of storage and validation functions from mining function in a blockchain network. The storage and validation nodes create candidate blocks and collect block rewards from successfully mined blocks. The mining nodes provide hash power for mining the candidate blocks and received resources from the storage and validation node for successful mining of a candidate block. Atomic exchange mechanisms are described for preventing loss and fraud and minimizing the use of bandwidth by mining nodes.