Blockchain Integrity Proof via Audit Network Anchoring
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing blockchain networks face challenges in proving the integrity of their data, especially in cases of hacking or forgery, and in maintaining data stability and reliability, particularly in public ledgers.
Innovation Solution
The proposed method and system utilize anchoring technology by recording data from a blockchain network into an audit network, which is another blockchain. This involves generating and distributing blocks that contain external data for electronic notarization across both networks, using a neural consensus proof-based block generation process to ensure integrity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If blockchain data is stored only in the blockchain network, then the system is simple, but the integrity cannot be proven when hacking or forgery occurs
Solution Approach 1:
An audit network is introduced as an intermediary system between the blockchain network and external verification entities. The audit network receives ledger information from the blockchain network, performs independent verification, and issues audit reports that serve as proof of integrity. This mediator structure enables integrity verification without directly modifying the blockchain network itself.
Solution Approach 2:
The system is divided into functionally independent components: the blockchain network for data storage and the audit network for verification. This segmentation allows each component to specialize in its function while maintaining overall system integrity. The audit network can operate independently to verify blockchain data without affecting the blockchain's core operations.
2Reliability
If data is distributed across multiple node devices, then security stability increases, but detecting forgery becomes more difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The audit network establishes a feedback mechanism that continuously monitors ledger information from multiple node devices. By collecting and comparing data from distributed nodes, the audit network can identify inconsistencies and detect forgery. The audit reports provide feedback to the blockchain network about the integrity status, enabling timely detection of compromised nodes or forged data.
3Productivity
If a non-random consensus proof-based blockchain network is used, then the block generation process is efficient, but it cannot be utilized as a random consensus proof-based blockchain network requiring high data stability
Solution Approach 1:
The solution adds a new dimension of verification by introducing the audit network layer. The blockchain network can continue operating with its efficient non-random consensus mechanism in the first dimension, while the audit network provides random consensus verification in a second dimension. This dimensional separation allows the system to simultaneously achieve both efficiency and the data stability required for public ledgers.
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AI summary
Proposed are a method and a system for proving the integrity of blockchain data by using anchoring technology that includes data recorded in a blockchain into another blockchain. The method includes providing external data for electronic notarization, generating and distributing a block, where the external data is recorded, by a blockchain network and an audit network respectively, determining that the ledger information is forged on the basis of a plurality of ledger information after clustering the plurality of ledger information from a plurality of node devices in the blockchain network, providing audit ledger information, whose integrity is proven, to the blockchain network as a first ledger information by the audit network in the response to the determination, and generating and distributing a block, where the first ledger information is recorded, on the basis of the first ledger information by the blockchain network.