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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026
Filed:
May. 01, 2024
Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited, Shenzhen, CN;
Kemeng Liu, Shenzhen, CN;
Zhuguang Shao, Shenzhen, CN;
Neng Wang, Shenzhen, CN;
Dan Xu, Shenzhen, CN;
Kun Wu, Shenzhen, CN;
TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED, Shenzhen, CN;
Abstract
A consensus method for a blockchain includes: obtaining, in a consensus reaching process of a block initiated by a proposal node, prevote messages generated by consensus nodes in a blockchain network; counting a quantity of first prevote messages for the block based on the received prevote messages, the first prevote messages being generated by the consensus nodes within a set duration in response to a proposal message for the block, the set duration corresponding to the proposal node and being determined based on a block generation duration of the proposal node; and adjusting the set duration corresponding to the proposal node recorded by the consensus nodes based on the quantity of the first prevote messages.