On-chain governance of blockchain

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2020007315-A1
Application number	US-201816025578-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jul 2, 2018
Priority date	Jul 2, 2018
Publication date	Jan 2, 2020
Grant date	—

Abstract

An example operation may include one or more of receiving a request for blockchain information from a user device, acquiring blockchain data from a plurality of blockchains which are actively operating and available for joining, determining an amount of trust for each blockchain among the plurality of blockchains based on acquired blockchain data of the respective blockchain, and outputting a list identifying the plurality of blockchains where each blockchain on the list comprises a trust indicator indicating a determined amount of trust for the respective blockchain.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A computing system comprising:
a network interface configured to receive a request for blockchain information from a user device; and a processor configured to acquire blockchain data from a plurality of blockchains which are in active operation and available, determine an amount of trust for each blockchain among the plurality of blockchains based on acquired blockchain data of the respective blockchain, and output a list that identifies the plurality of blockchains where each blockchain on the list comprises a trust indicator that indicates a determined amount of trust for the respective blockchain.

2 . The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to arrange the plurality of blockchains on the list such that a blockchain with a greatest determined amount of trust is highest on the list.

3 . The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the acquired blockchain data comprises one or more of location diversity of nodes of the respective blockchain, certificate identity information of nodes of the respective blockchain, node deployment information, chain code deployment information, and an amount of member nodes of the respective blockchain.

4 . The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the acquired blockchain data comprises governance policy information encoded within a data block of the respective blockchain.

5 . The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the trust indicator that indicates the determined amount of trust for a respective blockchain comprises a slidable scale between a lowest possible amount of trust to a highest possible amount of trust.

6 . The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to output a suggestion that indicates whether or not to transact on a respective blockchain based on a determined amount of trust for the blockchain.

7 . The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to output a notification of additional criteria that must be performed before the user device is allowed to join a respective blockchain.

8 . The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to disable access to a respective blockchain that has a determined amount of trust below a predetermined threshold.

9 . A method comprising:
receiving a request for blockchain information from a user device; acquiring blockchain data from a plurality of blockchains which are actively operating and available for joining; determining an amount of trust for each blockchain among the plurality of blockchains based on acquired blockchain data of the respective blockchain; and outputting a list identifying the plurality of blockchains where each blockchain on the list comprises a trust indicator indicating a determined amount of trust for the respective blockchain.

10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the outputting comprises arranging that plurality of blockchains on the list such that a blockchain with a greatest determined amount of trust is highest on the list.

11 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the acquired blockchain data comprises one or more of location diversity of nodes of the respective blockchain, certificate identity information of nodes of the respective blockchain, node deployment information, chain code deployment information, and an amount of member nodes of the respective blockchain.

12 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the acquired blockchain data comprises governance policy information encoded within a data block of the respective blockchain.

13 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the trust indicator indicating the determined amount of trust for a respective blockchain comprises a slidable scale between a lowest possible amount of trust to a highest possible amount of trust.

14 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the outputting further comprises outputting a suggestion indicating whether or not to transact on a respective blockchain based on a determined amount of trust for the blockchain.

15 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the outputting further comprises outputting a notification of additional criteria that must be performed before the user device is allowed to join a respective blockchain.

16 . The method of claim 9 , further comprising disabling access to a respective blockchain that has a determined amount of trust below a predetermined threshold.

17 . A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions, that when read by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method comprising:
receiving a request for blockchain information from a user device; acquiring blockchain data from a plurality of blockchains which are actively operating and available for joining; determining an amount of trust for each blockchain among the plurality of blockchains based on acquired blockchain data of the respective blockchain; and outputting a list identifying the plurality of blockchains where each blockchain on the list comprises a trust indicator indicating a determined amount of trust for the respective blockchain.

18 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the outputting comprises arranging that plurality of blockchains on the list such that a blockchain with a greatest determined amount of trust is highest on the list.

19 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the acquired blockchain data comprises one or more of location diversity of nodes of the respective blockchain, certificate identity information of nodes of the respective blockchain, node deployment information, chain code deployment information, and an amount of member nodes of the respective blockchain.

20 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the acquired blockchain data comprises governance policy information encoded within a data block of the respective blockchain.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Vouk Meeta
• Singh Gari
• Yellick Jason K
• Cuomo Gennaro A

Classifications

• H04L9/3239

  involving non-keyed hash functions, e.g. modification detection codes [MDCs], MD5, SHA or RIPEMD · CPC title

• H04L63/12

  Applying verification of the received information (cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for data integrity or data verification H04L9/32) · CPC title

• H04L9/3247

  involving digital signatures · CPC title

• H04L63/20 Primary

  for managing network security; network security policies in general (filtering policies H04L63/0227) · CPC title

• H04L63/102

  Entity profiles · CPC title