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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2021
Shenzhen Red Brick Technology Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;
Qiang Cheng, Guangdong, CN;
SHENZHEN RED BRICK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Shenzhen, CN;
Abstract
Disclosed are a blockchain system and a consensus method for use in a miner node in a blockchain system. A specific embodiment of the method includes: acquiring a lower-limit accumulative unused duration; executing, in a trusted execution environment associated with the miner node, a bookkeeping right determination operation including: determining a current accumulative unused duration for the miner node; determining whether the current accumulative unused duration is more than the lower-limit accumulative unused duration; and, in response to the determination that the current accumulative unused duration is more than the lower-limit accumulative unused duration, determining that the miner node has won a bookkeeping right, and updating the current accumulative unused duration with a difference between the current accumulative unused duration and the lower-limit accumulative unused duration. This embodiment allows for reduced electric power consumption in a blockchain system.