Smartblock-Anchored Stranded Blockchain for Dynamic Scaling
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional blockchains are limited by their linearity, requiring significant processing power and energy to manage growing data, and lack flexibility in storing dynamic information, while maintaining security.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of Smartblocks that anchor multiple blockchains and allow for pruning or dropping off blocks under specified conditions, creating a stranded blockchain structure that enhances processability and maintains security.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional linear blockchain structure is used, then data security is maintained through cryptographic hashing, but processing power and energy consumption increase significantly as data grows
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the traditional linear blockchain into multiple parallel blockchains (strand 1, strand 2, etc.), each handling a subset of transactions. This segmentation distributes the processing load across multiple independent chains, reducing the energy consumption and computational requirements for each individual chain while maintaining the overall security through cryptographic hashing of block headers and parent block references.
2Quantity of substance
If blockchain data continuously grows, then more transactions can be recorded, but the processing demands and energy requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
By dividing transactions across multiple parallel blockchains, the system can store a large quantity of transactions without proportionally increasing the processing burden on each chain. Each strand handles a manageable subset of data, maintaining processing efficiency even as the overall system capacity scales up.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from a one-dimensional linear blockchain to a multi-dimensional stranded structure. This dimensional change allows the system to organize transactions in parallel strands rather than a single sequential chain, enabling efficient storage of large volumes of data while maintaining manageable processing requirements through the distributed architecture.
3Stability of the object's composition
If traditional blockchain structure is used, then data integrity is maintained through sequential block linking, but flexibility in storing dynamic information is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The segmented stranded blockchain structure allows different strands to be optimized for different types of data or transaction categories. This segmentation provides flexibility in organizing dynamic information while each strand maintains data integrity through standard cryptographic linking to its parent block, combining both stability and adaptability.
Data Source
AI summary
A Smartblock that has at least two Blockchains that originates from it and terminates at a second Smartblock to create a Blockstrand.