Decentralized Node Finder via Local Blockchain
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing data management solutions for multi-cloud computing environments face challenges such as inefficient node finding, lack of authentication, data traceability, record expiration, and network partition issues, particularly in decentralized systems without centralized servers.
Innovation Solution
A decentralized node finder system utilizing a blockchain network with local blockchain instances and synchronized global state databases, enabling nodes to locally query and find other nodes without broadcasting to the entire network, ensuring secure, robust, and efficient node discovery.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a decentralized system without centralized servers is used, then single points of failure are prevented and system robustness is improved, but node finding efficiency deteriorates due to lack of centralized coordination
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the node finding function by giving each node its own local blockchain instance and global state database, allowing nodes to independently query their local databases rather than relying on centralized coordination. This segmentation maintains decentralization while improving node finding efficiency through local autonomous operation.
2Device complexity
If DHT-based methods are used for node discovery, then system complexity is reduced, but security and authentication capabilities deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent copies the blockchain ledger to each node's local storage, creating redundant copies of the global state database. This allows nodes to perform secure authentication and node finding operations locally without increasing overall system complexity, as each node independently possesses the necessary cryptographic verification capabilities.
3Productivity
If local blockchain instances with synchronized global state databases are deployed at each node, then node finding efficiency and security are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the blockchain instance and global state database into each node's local architecture, combining data storage, synchronization, and node finding capabilities in a unified local system. This integration improves node finding efficiency while managing complexity through consolidated local operation rather than separate distributed components.
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AI summary
In a multi-cloud computing environment comprising a plurality of cloud platforms with each cloud platform comprising one or more nodes, a method maintains at a given one of the nodes in the multi-cloud computing environment a blockchain instance in accordance with a decentralized blockchain network comprised of at least a subset of the nodes in the multi-cloud computing environment wherein each of the subset of nodes locally maintain a blockchain instance. Further, the method maintains at the given one of the nodes a global state database which is locally synchronized with the locally maintained blockchain instance and stores identifying information about nodes in the multi-cloud computing environment, wherein the identifying information comprises information on how to find one or more of the nodes.