Verified Evaluators for Blockchain Authentication Efficiency
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Solution Overview
Problem
Distributed ledger technologies like blockchain face inefficiencies due to high energy consumption and lengthy verification times, often requiring trade-offs between security and efficiency, which are not optimal and costly.
Innovation Solution
A method and system for authenticating requesting devices using verified evaluators, which involves receiving and evaluating digitally signed assertions, conferring credentials, and authenticating devices based on these credentials, optimizing the authentication process by selecting trusted evaluators close to the querying device and implementing cryptographic systems for secure proof and verification.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional blockchain verification processes are used, then security is maintained through comprehensive cryptographic verification, but energy consumption increases and verification time lengthens
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the verification process by introducing intermediate verifier nodes that perform preliminary verification of digitally signed assertions before full blockchain consensus. This divides the monolithic verification task into smaller segments handled by different nodes, reducing the energy burden on each individual node while maintaining overall security through layered verification.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces verified evaluators and intermediary verifier nodes that act as mediators between the requesting device and the main blockchain network. These intermediaries pre-validate assertions and credentials, reducing the computational burden on the main network while maintaining security through cryptographic proof verification.
2Reliability
If traditional blockchain verification processes are used, then security is maintained through comprehensive cryptographic verification, but verification time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary verification actions by having intermediary nodes and verified evaluators validate digitally signed assertions before they reach the main blockchain consensus process. Credentials are pre-verified and cached, allowing faster authentication without sacrificing security, as the preliminary verification creates a trusted foundation for subsequent faster verification steps.
3Productivity
If expedited verification processes are used to reduce energy consumption and time, then efficiency improves, but security is compromised due to heuristic review skipping
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies partial verification action by having intermediary nodes perform focused verification on specific critical elements of assertions rather than complete re-verification of all data. This partial action approach maintains security for critical security-related fields while allowing faster processing for less critical data, achieving a balance between efficiency and security.
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AI summary
A system for authenticating a requesting device using verified evaluators includes an authenticating device. The authenticating device is designed and configured to receive at least a first digitally signed assertion from a requesting device, the at least a first digitally signed assertion linked to at least a verification datum, evaluate at least a second digitally signed assertion, signed by at least a cryptographic evaluator, conferring a credential to the requesting device, validate the credential, as a function of the at least a second digitally signed assertion, and authenticate the requesting device based on the credential.