公开(公告)号：US11502858B2

公开(公告)日：2022-11-15

申请号：US17099567

申请日：2020-11-16

Applicant: VMware, Inc.

Inventor： Bryan Fink ,  Ittai Abraham ,  Guy Golan Gueta ,  Andrew Joseph Stone

IPC: H04L29/06 ,  H04L9/32 ,  H04J3/06 ,  H04L9/00

Abstract: A blockchain network include nodes that are configured as time sources. These time-source nodes broadcast respective updates of their local times to all nodes in the blockchain network. Each node computes a summary time value based on the received local time values so that each node uses the same summary time to maintain their respective copies of the blockchain.

公开(公告)号：US20210281433A1

公开(公告)日：2021-09-09

申请号：US17099567

申请日：2020-11-16

Applicant: VMware, Inc.

Inventor： Bryan Fink ,  Ittai Abraham ,  Guy Golan Gueta ,  Andrew Joseph Stone

IPC: H04L9/32 ,  H04J3/06

Abstract: A blockchain network include nodes that are configured as time sources. These time-source nodes broadcast respective updates of their local times to all nodes in the blockchain network. Each node computes a summary time value based on the received local time values so that each node uses the same summary time to maintain their respective copies of the blockchain.