Digital Certificate Task Relay for Stable Mining Pool Connections

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing digital certificate processing apparatuses have inflexible connections with mining pools, leading to high network bandwidth requirements and instability, which affects the stability and efficiency of operations.

Innovation Solution

Establishing a relay connection mechanism between digital certificate processing apparatuses and mining pools, allowing for flexible connections through a cloud server or digital certificate processing analog apparatus, reducing the number of direct connections and optimizing task distribution based on computation power.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If direct one-to-one connections are established between digital certificate processing apparatuses and mining pools, then task distribution is straightforward, but network bandwidth requirements increase and connection flexibility decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveconnection flexibilityVSAvoidnetwork bandwidth requirements
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a relay server as an intermediary component that establishes connections with multiple mining pools and distributes tasks to multiple digital certificate processing apparatuses. This mediator architecture allows N apparatuses to share M connections to mining pools, reducing the total number of connections from O(N*M) to O(N+M), thereby decreasing network bandwidth requirements while improving connection flexibility and resource utilization.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Reliability

If direct connections are established between digital certificate processing apparatuses and mining pools, then task acquisition is direct, but connection stability decreases and resource utilization is inefficient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveconnection stabilityVSAvoidresource utilization rate
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges multiple connections through a relay server, combining M mining pool connections and N apparatus connections into a coordinated many-to-many relationship. This consolidation stabilizes connections by centralizing connection management at the relay server, preventing individual apparatus connections from failing independently, while improving resource utilization through dynamic task distribution based on apparatus computation power and pool task availability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

3Adaptability or versatility

If fixed one-to-one connections are used, then system architecture is simple, but adaptability to different computation power needs is poor

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecomputation power allocation flexibilityVSAvoidsystem architecture complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements dynamic adaptability where the relay server continuously monitors the computation power of connected digital certificate processing apparatuses and adjusts task distribution accordingly. The system dynamically matches apparatus capabilities with mining pool task requirements, allowing flexible allocation of computation resources without requiring fixed one-to-one mappings, thereby achieving high adaptability while maintaining manageable system complexity through centralized control.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentEP3979074B1Method and apparatus for relaying digital certificate processing task, medium, and program product
Publication Date: 2025.08.13 ANTPOOL TECH LTD
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AI summary

The present disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for relaying a digital certificate processing task, a medium, and a program product. The method for relaying the digital certificate processing task includes establishing a first connection with a digital certificate processing apparatus and a second connection with a mining pool, obtaining the digital certificate processing task from a mining pool through the second connection, and assigning the digital certificate processing task to the digital certificate processing apparatus through the first connection.