Blockchain Mining Resource Operating Method for Energy Efficiency

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Solution Overview

Problem

The proof-of-work system in blockchain mining leads to excessive energy consumption and competition among miners, resulting in energy waste and environmental issues due to the need for high-performance computers.

Innovation Solution

A resource operating method that utilizes machine learning to solve problems in the mining process, generating transactions, and verifying block hash values to create blocks, which are then connected to a blockchain, allowing for a more efficient distribution of computing power and reducing energy waste by providing rewards proportional to the work done.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If proof-of-work mining is used to verify transactions and create blocks, then security and decentralization are improved, but energy consumption and resource waste increase significantly

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvetransaction verification securityVSAvoidenergy consumption

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The patent changes the fundamental parameter of mining from computational power competition (proof-of-work) to resource contribution recognition (proof-of-use). Instead of measuring mining difficulty in terms of hash rate, the system measures it in terms of actual computer resource utilization (CPU, GPU, storage, bandwidth), transforming the energy-intensive guessing process into an efficient resource tracking process that verifies transactions through recorded resource contributions

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces the mechanical proof-of-work system (physical computing power consumption) with a logical proof-of-use system (recorded resource contribution verification). The mining process transitions from a physical mechanism requiring enormous computational brute force to an information-based mechanism that tracks and verifies actual resource usage through digital records and cryptographic proof

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

2Productivity

If high-performance computers are used for mining, then mining efficiency and block creation speed are improved, but competition intensity and resource inequality increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveblock creation speedVSAvoidcompetition complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent makes mining accessible to diverse node types by allowing different kinds of computer resources to contribute to mining (CPU cycles, GPU power, storage space, bandwidth). This universalizes the mining function across heterogeneous nodes, eliminating the need for specialized high-performance mining hardware and enabling ordinary computers to participate effectively with their existing resource profiles

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces dynamic resource contribution where nodes can adjust their mining participation based on available resources and network needs. Instead of static mining power determined by hardware specifications, the system allows nodes to dynamically allocate and report their resource contributions, enabling flexible adaptation to changing conditions and reducing the advantage of fixed high-performance configurations

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

3Reliability

If proof-of-work mining is implemented, then transaction verification is achieved, but environmental harm and resource depletion occur

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvetransaction validationVSAvoidenvironmental impact

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSObject-generated harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent converts the previously harmful waste of computational resources into a beneficial tracking mechanism. Instead of discarding enormous amounts of unused computing power as waste (the harmful aspect of proof-of-work), the system captures and utilizes actual resource consumption data as valuable proof of legitimate network participation, transforming resource usage from a harmful externality into a useful verification signal

Inventive Principle:

Principle #22Blessing in disguise (Convert harm into benefit)

Data Source

PatentUS11240002B2Resource operating method for each of nodes communicating through network and computer device operating as one of nodes

Publication Date: 2022.02.01 NHN ENTERTAINMENT

AI summary

A resource operating method for each of plurality of nodes communicating through a network includes: receiving a problem through a mining program, and performing a proof-of-work process to solve the received problem; generating a transaction and transmitting the generated transaction to the plurality of nodes; receiving a transaction and a block hash value from the plurality of nodes; stopping the proof-of-work process; verifying validity of the generated or received transaction using the block hash value, and creating, in response to the transaction being verified, a block including information of the verified transaction; receiving a reward corresponding to the performed proof-of-work process through the mining program; and connecting the block to a blockchain.