Distributed Ledger Tip-Chain Segmentation for Scalable Processing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional blockchain systems face inefficiencies in processing and storage demands, lack scalability, flexibility, and are susceptible to security vulnerabilities, limiting their ability to serve a global user base and accommodate diverse digital transactions.
Innovation Solution
A scalable, secure, and adaptable distributed digital ledger transaction network utilizing a Byzantine-fault-tolerant consensus protocol, a new programming language with linear data types, and flexible storage and account management features to enhance efficiency, security, and flexibility.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional blockchain systems maintain duplicate databases across replicated servers, then security and decentralization are improved, but storage and processing demands increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the database into two distinct components: a lightweight tip chain that all nodes maintain for security and consensus, and a full historical database that only archival nodes store. This segmentation allows nodes to participate in the network with minimal storage requirements while preserving the security benefits of distributed ledger technology.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts the historical database portion from the consensus-critical path, separating it from the tip chain that nodes must maintain. By taking out the full historical data from what every node must store, the system reduces storage demands on participating nodes while maintaining security through the distributed tip chain.
2Measurement precision
If conventional blockchain systems sequentially analyze transactions across validator nodes, then consensus accuracy is improved, but transaction throughput decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary validation of transactions against the tip chain before full consensus processing. Validator nodes can quickly reject invalid transactions by checking them against the compact tip chain structure, eliminating the need to sequentially process every transaction through the entire validator set and thereby increasing throughput while maintaining consensus accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements dynamic transaction processing where the system adapts between fast-path validation for straightforward transactions and full consensus processing for complex or contentious transactions. This dynamic approach optimizes throughput by avoiding sequential analysis for all transactions while preserving consensus accuracy when needed.
3Ease of operation
If conventional blockchain systems provide unrestricted digital asset access to user accounts, then ease of operation is improved, but security vulnerability increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements local quality control by applying different access restrictions to different digital assets within the same user account. Each asset can have its own access policies, allowing users to maintain high-security restrictions on valuable assets while enabling easier access to less sensitive assets, thereby balancing operational convenience with security.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements preliminary access restriction setup where users configure asset-specific access controls in advance. By establishing local quality restrictions on digital assets before potential security incidents occur, the system prevents unauthorized access even if account credentials are compromised, thus reducing security vulnerabilities while maintaining ease of operation for authorized users.
4Reliability
If conventional blockchain systems perform reference safety analysis on source code, then security is improved, but processing overhead increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system creates a compiled representation or intermediate form of the smart contract code that can be efficiently analyzed for reference safety. By working with this copied or transformed version rather than the original source code, the system reduces processing overhead while maintaining security through comprehensive safety analysis of the contract logic.
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AI summary
The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable storage media for implementing a scalable, secure, efficient, and adaptable distributed digital ledger transaction network. Indeed, the disclosed systems can reduce storage and processing requirements, improve security of implementing computing devices and underlying digital assets, accommodate a wide variety of different digital programs (or “smart contracts”), and scale to accommodate billions of users and associated digital transactions. For example, the disclosed systems can utilize a host of features that improve storage, account/address management, digital transaction execution, consensus, and synchronization processes. The disclosed systems can also utilize a new programming language that improves efficiency and security of the distributed digital ledger transaction network.