Blockchain Distributed Security Mechanism for Privacy and Verification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current blockchain and distributed ledger systems face security breaches and implementation flaws, compromising their veracity and security, and lack effective mechanisms for ensuring privacy and trustworthiness, especially in cases of security incidents.
Innovation Solution
A distributed security mechanism that enables blockchain nodes and participants to publish and verify security evaluations, certifications, and claims, encrypt sensitive information, cross-certify participants, and manage key revocations, ensuring only authorized parties access security data, and allows for secure rollbacks and re-certification of blockchains.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If security evaluations and certifications are published to the blockchain, then transparency and verifiability are improved, but privacy and security of sensitive information deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments security evaluation data into multiple components: public verification data (hashes, timestamps, validation results) that can be published to the blockchain, and private sensitive data (detailed security configurations, proprietary algorithms, confidential information) that remains encrypted and accessible only to authorized parties. This segmentation allows simultaneous achievement of transparency for verification purposes while protecting sensitive information from public exposure.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces encrypted data structures and cryptographic intermediaries that act as mediators between the need for public verification and the need for private information protection. Security certifications are published in encrypted form with controlled access mechanisms, allowing the blockchain to store and verify the data while preventing unauthorized parties from reading the actual security information. This intermediary layer resolves the contradiction by enabling verification without full disclosure.
2Reliability
If security breach detection mechanisms are implemented, then security monitoring is improved, but system complexity and overhead increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary security validation mechanisms where security evaluations and certifications are performed and recorded on the blockchain before actual transactions or operations occur. Security checks are conducted in advance, and problematic nodes are identified and flagged before they can compromise the system. This preliminary action reduces the need for complex real-time detection mechanisms, as the bulk of security verification is performed beforehand and recorded immutably on the blockchain.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent establishes feedback loops where security evaluation results are published to the blockchain and automatically fed back into the network's consensus and validation mechanisms. Nodes with poor security evaluations receive feedback that limits their participation, while well-evaluated nodes gain privileges. This automated feedback system reduces complexity by replacing manual security monitoring with self-regulating mechanisms driven by blockchain-based security metrics.
3Loss of information
If encrypted security claims are published, then data protection is improved, but accessibility and verification ease deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the verification-critical elements from the encrypted security data and publishes them separately in accessible form. While the full security claims remain encrypted to protect sensitive information, essential verification elements such as cryptographic hashes, digital signatures, and validation timestamps are extracted and made publicly accessible on the blockchain. This allows verification of security claims without exposing the underlying sensitive information, resolving the contradiction between protection and accessibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies partial decryption or selective disclosure mechanisms where only the portions of encrypted security claims necessary for verification are made accessible, while the remainder remains protected. Authorized participants can access and verify the necessary security information without obtaining full access to all encrypted data. This partial action approach enables verification accessibility while maintaining data protection for the complete security claims.
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AI summary
Provided herein are exemplary systems and methods for creating a secure self-validating network of blockchain/distributed ledger participants. Some exemplary mechanisms support self-validation, mutual-validation, external-validation and privacy controls. Such mechanisms enable the deployment and continued operation of large scale blockchain and distributed ledger systems with a self-certifying security system. They create the ability for rules to be codified to control the rights, privileges and access of nodes depending on their self-certification and external-certification. Also provided is an audit trail of these certifications which can be used for liability claims, insurance, security analytics and forensics.