Blockchain Carbon Trading Smart Contract Aggregation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Traditional carbon trading solutions fail to effectively record, certify, and utilize carbon emission reductions generated by individual users of new energy terminals, leading to unused emission reduction resources and lack of motivation for individuals and enterprises participating in carbon emission reduction behaviors.

Innovation Solution

A blockchain-based method that acquires identification and carbon behavior data from transport devices, determines carbon emission reduction equivalents using smart contracts, and publishes these equivalents on a blockchain platform for storage and trading, enabling accurate recording, conversion, and management of carbon emission reductions.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If traditional carbon trading platforms are used, then enterprise-level carbon emission trading can be facilitated, but individual user carbon emission reductions cannot be effectively recorded and utilized

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveapplicability to individual usersVSAvoidaccuracy of carbon emission reduction data
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the carbon trading system into multiple levels: individual user level (transport devices), enterprise level (carbon accounts), and platform level (blockchain). This segmentation allows the system to handle both individual user carbon emissions and enterprise-level trading separately, resolving the contradiction between adapting to individual users and maintaining data reliability through specialized data collection methods for each level.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The blockchain platform is designed with multi-functionality to serve both individual users and enterprises. It can record carbon emission reductions from individual transport devices, aggregate them to enterprise levels, and facilitate trading operations. This universal design enables the system to adapt to different user types while maintaining consistent data accuracy through standardized blockchain recording mechanisms.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Quantity of substance

If carbon emission reductions from individual users are aggregated, then unused emission reduction resources can be utilized, but data accuracy and reliability may be compromised

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetotal carbon emission reduction volumeVSAvoidaccuracy of carbon emission reduction data
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces smart contracts as intermediaries between individual users and the blockchain platform. These smart contracts automatically verify and record carbon emission reduction data according to pre-defined rules, ensuring data accuracy during the aggregation process. The intermediary mechanism maintains measurement precision while enabling large-scale aggregation of individual user carbon emissions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements self-service through automated data collection from transport devices and self-verification through smart contracts. Individual users' carbon emission data is automatically captured from their transport devices and verified by the blockchain system without manual intervention. This self-service approach ensures data accuracy is maintained through automated verification processes while enabling seamless aggregation of large volumes of carbon emission reduction data from numerous individual users.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Loss of information

If blockchain technology is implemented for carbon trading, then data transparency and traceability are improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetransparency of carbon emission dataVSAvoidcomplexity of carbon trading system
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts the core data recording and verification functions into the blockchain layer, separating them from the application layer. The blockchain handles transparency and traceability requirements for carbon emission data, while the application layer focuses on user interaction and trading operations. This extraction reduces overall system complexity by clearly defining boundaries between different functional layers.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary actions by pre-configuring smart contracts with verification rules and data structures before actual carbon trading operations begin. This preliminary setup automates data validation and processing logic, reducing the complexity of real-time operations. The blockchain platform is pre-prepared to handle transparency and traceability requirements, allowing the system to maintain data integrity without adding operational complexity during actual trading.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

4Measurement precision

If smart contracts are used to convert carbon behavior data to emission reduction equivalents, then conversion accuracy is improved, but computational requirements and system complexity increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaccuracy of carbon emission reduction equivalentVSAvoidcomputational power required
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSPower

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by creating different types of smart contracts tailored to specific transport device attributes. Each smart contract is optimized for particular device types or emission scenarios, allowing accurate conversion of carbon behavior data to emission reduction equivalents using localized conversion rules. This approach improves measurement precision for different contexts while managing computational requirements through specialized rather than universal processing.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentUS11983782B2Method, device, storage medium and program product for carbon trading
Publication Date: 2024.05.14 VECHAIN GLOBAL TECH S AR L
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AI summary

The present disclosure provides a method, a device, a storage medium and a program product for carbon trading. The method for carbon trading includes acquiring identification data and carbon behavior data of a transport device, the carbon behavior data indicating at least one of carbon consumption behavior and carbon emission reduction behavior of the transport device and the identification data including at least an identity corresponding to the transport device; in response to determining that the identity is in a predetermined identity set, acquiring an attribute corresponding to the transport device based on the identity; and determining, based on the carbon behavior data and a first smart contract matching with the attribute, a carbon emission reduction equivalent corresponding to the carbon behavior data, the first smart contract being provided for converting the carbon behavior data to the carbon emission reduction equivalent; transmitting the carbon emission reduction equivalent to a blockchain platform to store in a first account associated with a first object, the first object being associated with a plurality of transport devices; and publishing carbon trading associated with the carbon emission reduction equivalent in the first account as a blockchain transaction.