Control Blockchain Constraints for Restricted Transaction Clusters
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Solution Overview
Problem
Blockchain transactions become resource-intensive as the blockchain grows, leading to slow processing and decryption issues, which can be exacerbated in collaborative projects with many participants, limiting the functionality and effectiveness of the blockchain.
Innovation Solution
Implement a transaction-recording blockchain and a control blockchain to track transactions of interest, using the control blockchain to enforce constraints on the number of transactions and chain depth, thereby managing resource usage and maintaining blockchain performance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the blockchain grows in size to accommodate more participants and transactions, then the transparency and functionality of the blockchain are improved, but the resource intensity and processing time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the blockchain system into two distinct chains: a transaction-recording blockchain that maintains the full transaction history and a control blockchain that tracks only transactions of interest. This segmentation allows the system to accommodate more participants while maintaining efficient processing by separating comprehensive recording from active monitoring functions.
2Quantity of substance
If the blockchain grows in size, then more transactions can be tracked, but the decryption performance deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the decryption-intensive tracking function from the main transaction-recording blockchain and places it in a separate control blockchain. This extraction removes the burden of decrypting and monitoring all transactions from the primary chain, thereby maintaining decryption performance while allowing the transaction quantity to grow.
3Productivity
If constraints are imposed on the blockchain to maintain performance, then processing speed is improved, but the functionality and reach of the blockchain are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The control blockchain serves as an intermediary mechanism that enables performance constraints without limiting overall functionality. It mediates between the need for fast processing and the need for comprehensive tracking by selectively monitoring only transactions of interest, thus maintaining speed while preserving adaptability.
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AI summary
Techniques are provided for tracking a number of transactions-of-interest in a transaction-recording blockchain using a control blockchain. A transaction-of-interest is a transactions that is in a particular state. A request to perform an action is received. Upon receiving the request and determining that the action corresponds to a new transaction-of-interest, a control blockchain is checked to determine the current number of transactions-of-interest in the transaction-recording blockchain and maximum allowed number of transaction-of-interest for the transaction-recording blockchain. In response to determining that the current number of transaction-of-interest in the transaction-recording blockchain are less than the maximum allowed: allowing the action to occur, adding a new block to the transaction-recording blockchain, and updating the control blockchain to indicate the new number of transaction-of-interest. In response to determining that the current number of transaction-of-interest are at least at the maximum allowed number, prohibiting the addition of a new block to the transaction-recording blockchain.