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Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2025

Filed:

May. 22, 2024
Applicant:

Nchain Licensing Ag, Zug, CH;

Inventors:

Owen Vaughan, London, GB;

Jack Owen Davies, London, GB;

Craig Steven Wright, London, GB;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/173 (2006.01); H04L 43/16 (2022.01); H04L 67/1008 (2022.01); H04L 67/1023 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/1008 (2013.01); H04L 43/16 (2013.01); H04L 67/1023 (2013.01);
Abstract

A computer-implemented method for adapting connections between nodes of a layered network. The layered network comprises a plurality of nodes arranged in an ordered set of layers. The ordered set of layers comprises, in order, a core layer comprising a set of core nodes, a second layer comprising a set of second nodes, and one or more outer layers each comprising a respective set of outer nodes. Each core node is connected to at least one other core node. The method is performed by an adapting node, the adapting node being a node of the layered network that is connected to one or more second nodes and multiple core nodes. The method comprises, based on one or more network properties of the layered network, disabling a respective connection between the adapting node and at least one but not all of the multiple core nodes.


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