Cross-Chain Token Conversion Pathways for Blockchain Interoperability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Different blockchain types often use different token types, making it challenging for them to interoperate effectively, leading to operational limitations and isolation.
Innovation Solution
A blockchain interoperability system determines pathways for converting and bridging tokens between blockchains, using data structures to identify compatible blockchains and generate batch instructions for seamless token conversions and transfers.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If different blockchain types use different token types, then each blockchain can maintain its own operational characteristics and security model, but interoperability between blockchains becomes difficult and isolated
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary conversion system that acts as a mediator between different blockchain types. This system includes a pathway determination module that identifies conversion paths and a token conversion module that executes the actual token transformations. The intermediary system enables interoperability without requiring direct integration between incompatible blockchains, thus maintaining each blockchain's operational characteristics while enabling cross-chain functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements parameter changes by dynamically adjusting token attributes during conversion. The system modifies token parameters such as type, value, and metadata to enable compatibility across different blockchain networks. This allows tokens to be transformed from one blockchain's format to another's format while preserving the essential value and functionality, thereby resolving the contradiction between maintaining operational characteristics and achieving interoperability.
2Reliability
If multiple token conversion operations are performed individually across different blockchains, then each operation can be executed with proper validation, but processing time and resource usage increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple individual token conversion operations into a single batch instruction. The execution module receives a batch instruction containing multiple conversion operations and processes them together in one transaction. This combining approach maintains the validation integrity of each operation while significantly reducing the total processing time and resource consumption compared to executing operations separately.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-determining conversion pathways and preparing batch instructions before execution. The pathway determination module identifies all necessary conversion steps in advance, and the batch instruction is constructed with all validation rules pre-configured. This preliminary preparation enables efficient bulk execution while ensuring each operation undergoes proper validation, thus improving productivity without sacrificing reliability.
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure describes a blockchain interoperability system. The system includes one or more memories and one or more processors communicatively coupled to the one or more memories. The one or more processors, individually or collectively, receive a request for a destination token on a destination blockchain, determine, based on one or more data structures, a first blockchain on which an intermediate token can be converted into the destination token, convert, on the first blockchain, the intermediate token into the destination token, and bridge the destination token from the first blockchain to the destination blockchain.