Entropy-Pooled Key Generation for Blockchain Storage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current blockchain systems face challenges in securely managing access to sensitive data while reducing data storage and transmission requirements, as they become increasingly complex with larger datasets and keys, especially with the limitations of one-time pad schemes and public key cryptography.
Innovation Solution
A system that generates highly random numbers using an AI interface, a Functions Table, and a Random Bits Generator to produce composite elements, which are used as keys for encrypting and decrypting data, reducing the need for large key storage and transmission.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If one-time pad schemes are used for high security encryption, then security level is improved, but key storage and transmission requirements increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the key generation process into multiple independent components: a deterministic pseudo-random number generator (PRNG) using SHA-256 hashing, and a true random entropy source. The PRNG generates candidate keys that are then filtered and combined with entropy samples, dividing the key generation task into manageable stages that reduce overall storage requirements while maintaining security.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical storage of large one-time pad keys with a computational system. Instead of physically storing and transmitting massive key datasets, the system uses cryptographic hash functions (SHA-256) and entropy pooling to generate keys on-demand. This substitution of mechanical storage with computational generation dramatically reduces key storage and transmission requirements while maintaining the security properties of one-time pads.
2Quantity of substance
If blockchain data sets grow larger, then data capacity is improved, but access management complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal access management system that handles both read and write operations, as well as key generation and encryption/decryption functions, through a single cryptographic protocol. The entropy-pooled key generation mechanism serves multiple purposes: it provides secure keys for data encryption, enables access control for growing datasets, and maintains compatibility with existing blockchain structures. This multi-functional approach prevents complexity multiplication as data capacity expands.
3Ease of operation
If public key cryptography is used instead of one-time pads, then key management is simplified, but security level is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a composite cryptographic system that combines the best properties of both one-time pads and public key cryptography. It uses a deterministic PRNG (similar to public key systems) combined with true random entropy pooling to generate keys that have the unbreakable security of one-time pads. The system composes multiple cryptographic elements—SHA-256 hashing, entropy sources, and key derivation functions—into a unified key generation mechanism that achieves information-theoretic security while maintaining operational simplicity.
Data Source
AI summary
A system that uses a computing device to encrypt data by obtaining multiple series of random numbers, and then time-correlating these series to form a series of composite elements. By selecting a section of the series of composite elements, the computing device can obtain a key for encrypting data.