Omni-chain Interoperability Protocol for Cross-Chain Event Data
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current blockchain architectures lack efficient methods for cross-chain communication, leading to inefficient systems due to the inability to share event data across different networks, with existing solutions like pairwise bridges, oracles, and sidechains promoting centralization and resource-intensive processes.
Innovation Solution
Implementing an omni-chain interoperability protocol using Threshold Signature Schemes (TSS) and Proof-of-Time (PoT) consensus to enable cross-chain event data transfer, allowing multiple heterogeneous blockchains to communicate through a timechain, where event data is attested and validated by a supermajority of nodes before being transmitted across chains.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If pairwise bridges are used for cross-chain communication, then asset transfer between chains is enabled, but the system becomes centralized and resource-intensive
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the cross-chain communication function into independent light client validators that operate autonomously on each blockchain. Each validator independently verifies cross-chain events without requiring a centralized bridge, distributing the functionality across multiple decentralized nodes.
Solution Approach 2:
The light client implementation provides universal cross-chain verification capability that works across multiple different blockchain networks simultaneously. A single light client can validate events from different source chains and relay them to multiple destination chains, eliminating the need for separate bridge implementations for each chain pair.
2Loss of information
If oracles are used as intermediaries for cross-chain data transfer, then data sharing between chains is achieved, but the system becomes centralized
Solution Approach 1:
Each blockchain network independently verifies cross-chain events using its own light client implementation. The source chain's light client autonomously monitors its own events, validates them according to the protocol, and relays verified data to destination chains without requiring external oracle intermediaries.
3Adaptability or versatility
If sidechains are used for interoperability, then cross-chain asset transfer is enabled, but users cannot seamlessly transfer assets outside their ecosystems
Solution Approach 1:
The light client acts as a decentralized intermediary that enables direct communication between any two blockchains in the omni-chain network. Instead of requiring assets to remain within sidechain ecosystems, the light client protocol mediates verification and relay of cross-chain events, allowing seamless asset transfer across the entire network of connected blockchains.
4Reliability
If conventional blockchain architectures are used, then each network operates independently, but cross-chain event data sharing is not possible
Solution Approach 1:
The system adds a new dimension to blockchain operation by implementing light clients that operate in parallel with the main chain validation. These light clients provide an additional verification layer that enables cross-chain event sharing while preserving the independence and security of each individual blockchain network's primary consensus mechanism.
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AI summary
Methods and systems for omni-chain interoperability protocol in omni-chain network is disclosed. The method includes receiving by a first node, an event data from a first blockchain. The method includes attesting the event data based on a Threshold Signature Schemes (TSS) process. The method includes transmitting the attested event data to time nodes on a timechain. Upon receiving the attested event data, the time nodes validate the attested event data. The validated event data is available for a second node on a second blockchain to access. The second node is configured to access the validated event data from timechain, attest the validated event data along with other nodes on the second blockchain, and deploy a second smart contract on the second blockchain. The second smart contract completes a transmission of the validated event data as an ongoing transaction from the first blockchain to the second blockchain.