People's Bank of China Digital Currency Research Institute Receives Distributed Computing Patent

Distributed computing plays an increasingly vital role in modern technology, involving the decomposition of large computational tasks into smaller parts and executing them in parallel on multiple computers. A recent patent granted to the People's Bank of China Digital Currency Research Institute provides a novel solution in the field of distributed computing, aiming to improve security, trustworthiness, and efficiency

Distributed computing plays an increasingly vital role in modern technology, involving the decomposition of large computational tasks into smaller parts and executing them in parallel on multiple computers. A recent patent granted to the People's Bank of China Digital Currency Research Institute provides a novel solution in the field of distributed computing, aiming to improve security, trustworthiness, and efficiency.

Patent Overview

Name of Invention: A Task Execution Method and Device and Distributed Computing System

Patent No: CN113873004B

Application Date: August 2021

Abstract:

This patent discloses a task execution method, device, and distributed computing system designed to address the issues of security, trustworthiness, and efficiency in distributed computing.

Technical Details

The specific embodiment of the patent involves the following steps:

1. Task Loading: Load the executable task and its input information into a blockchain's trusted execution environment.

2. Trusted Execution: Execute the computational program in the trusted execution environment, generating the task's computational result.

3. Signature Verification: Sign the task's input information and computational result, resulting in signature result data.

4. Computational Verification: The blockchain utilizes the signature result data to verify the task's actual execution and the trustworthiness of the computational result.

5. Result Storage: Store the task's computational result on the blockchain.

Technical Advantages

This task execution method and device offer the following technical advantages:

- Enhanced Security: The trusted execution environment isolates distributed computational programs, preventing malicious access or tampering with participants' computers.

- Task Verifiability: The blockchain ensures that tasks are indeed executed and that the computational results are trustworthy.

- Improved Efficiency: The system increases resource utilization, reducing computational costs.

- Increased Participation: Enhanced task trustworthiness encourages greater participation from blockchain nodes.

Applications

This patent finds potential applications in the following scenarios:

- Distributed Computing: It can be used to perform large-scale computational tasks, such as weather forecasting, drug discovery, and image recognition.

- Blockchain Applications: It can be used to enhance the security, trustworthiness, and efficiency of computational tasks in blockchain applications.

- Cloud Computing: It can be used to provide a more secure cloud computing environment, while ensuring the trustworthiness and verifiability of computations.

This patent by the People's Bank of China Digital Currency Research Institute brings an innovative solution to the field of distributed computing. The method and device utilize blockchain technology to improve the security, trustworthiness, and efficiency of distributed computations. This technology holds promise for widespread applications in various scenarios, offering new possibilities for modern computing technology.