Segmented Blockchain Trust Transfer via Terminal and Starting Blocks

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing blockchain systems require recreation of the entire blockchain for format changes, which is time-consuming and computationally intensive, breaking trust and verifiability, and do not allow for variance in block size and formatting without starting anew.

Innovation Solution

A segmented blockchain system using terminal and starting blocks with flags and hashing algorithms to create new segments with different formatting rules, allowing for continuous blockchain growth without recreating existing blocks, maintaining trust across segments.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If a new blockchain is generated to accommodate format changes, then formatting flexibility is improved, but trust continuity deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveformatting flexibilityVSAvoidtrust continuity

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The blockchain is divided into segments separated by terminal blocks and starting blocks. Each segment can have its own formatting rules while maintaining trust through cryptographic linking. The terminal block of one segment references the starting block of the next segment, creating a chain of trust across segments with different formats.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Terminal blocks and starting blocks act as intermediaries between segments with different formatting rules. These special blocks contain cryptographic references that bridge the trust gap between segments, allowing format changes without breaking the blockchain's trust model.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Adaptability or versatility

If the entire blockchain is recreated for format changes, then formatting adaptability is improved, but processing time deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveformatting adaptabilityVSAvoidprocessing time

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

Instead of recreating the entire blockchain, only new segments are created with updated formatting. Existing segments remain intact and operational, avoiding the time-consuming process of recreating and verifying all blocks while still achieving format changes where needed.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system prepares for format changes by creating terminal blocks that signal the end of current formatting rules and starting blocks that introduce new formatting rules. This preliminary structure allows seamless transitions without requiring full blockchain recreation.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

3Adaptability or versatility

If the entire blockchain is recreated for format changes, then formatting flexibility is improved, but computational resources deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveformatting flexibilityVSAvoidcomputational resources

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The blockchain is segmented to allow format changes in new segments without requiring computational resources to verify and recreate existing segments. This dramatically reduces the computational burden while maintaining formatting flexibility.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Instead of discarding and recreating the entire blockchain, the system discards only the formatting constraints of old segments and recovers the trust and data through cryptographic references in terminal and starting blocks, preserving valuable computational work.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #34Discarding and recovering

4Reliability

If consistent formatting is maintained throughout the blockchain, then verification reliability is improved, but adaptability to new data types deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveverification reliabilityVSAvoiddata type adaptability

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The blockchain is divided into segments where each segment maintains consistent internal formatting for reliable verification, while different segments can use different formatting rules to accommodate various data types and requirements.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Each blockchain segment has its own local formatting rules optimized for specific data types or requirements, while the overall blockchain maintains trust through cryptographic linking. This allows different parts of the blockchain to have different qualities suited to their specific purposes.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentUS10417188B2Method and system for transferring trust across block chain segments

Publication Date: 2019.09.17 MASTERCARD INT INC

AI summary

A method for generating a segmented blockchain includes: storing a first blockchain, the blockchain being comprised of blocks including a recent block, the recent block including a corresponding block header and transaction values; generating a recent hash value via hashing the corresponding block header; writing a terminal block to the first blockchain, the terminal block including a terminal block header comprised of the recent hash value, an activated terminal flag, and a forward reference identifier; generating a terminal hash value via hashing the terminal block header; generating a second blockchain, the second blockchain being comprised of a starting block, the starting blocking including a starting block header comprised of the terminal hash value and an activated starting flag; and transmitting the terminal block and the second blockchain to one or more computing devices associated with the first blockchain.