Method and system for storage and retrieval of blockchain blocks using galois fields

• US 9,569,771 B2
• Filed: 06/06/2016
• Issued: 02/14/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Stephen Lesavich, Zachary C. Lesavich
• Original Assignee: Zachary C. Lesavich
• Inventors: Lesavich, Stephen, Lesavich, Zachary C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Obisesan, Augustine K
• Assistant Examiner(s): HTAY, LIN LIN M
• Application Number:
  US15/174,872
• Publication Number:
  US 20160321654A1
• Time in Patent Office: 253 Days
• Field of Search: 707/706
• US Class Current: 1/1
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Abstract

A method and system for storage and retrieval of blockchains with Galois Fields. One or more blocks for a blockchain are securely stored and retrieved with a modified Galois Fields on a cloud or peer-to-peer (P2P) communications network. The modified Galois Field provides at least additional layers for security and privacy for blockchains. The blocks and blockchains are securely stored and retrieved for cryptocurrency transactions including, but not limited to, BITCOIN transactions and other cryptocurrency transactions.

Claims

1. A method for automatic storage of blocks in block chains with cloud computing, comprising:

receiving securely one or more new blocks created for a blockchain on a first cloud application on a cloud server network device with the one or more processors from a target application on a target network device with one or more processor via a cloud communications network;

storing securely with the first cloud application the received one or more new blocks in the block chain in one or more cloud storage objects;

creating with the first cloud application a modified Galois field GF(pⁿ) comprising;

(a) populating a first portion of a Galois field lookup table in the modified Galois field GF(pⁿ) with pⁿ unique field elements;

(b) populating a second portion of the Galois field lookup table with a plurality of virtual network address locations, actual network address locations, virtual protocol port address designations and actual protocol port address designations, for locating a plurality of other cloud server network devices each with one or more processors on the cloud communications network, and

(c) securely storing with the first cloud application the modified Galois field GF(pⁿ) on the cloud server network device;

inputting from the first cloud application one or more pre-determined inputs into the modified Galois field GF(pⁿ) securely stored on the cloud server network device;

outputting with the first cloud application from the modified Galois field GF(pⁿ) a plurality of different types of address locations including;

virtual network address locations, actual network address locations, virtual protocol port address designations actual protocol port address designations, stored in the Galois Field lookup table in the modified Galois Field GF(pⁿ),

thereby providing a first level of security and privacy for storing the received one or more new blocks in the blockchain with the modified Galois field GF(pⁿ);

storing securely with the first cloud application the determined plurality of address locations in a cloud content location map in a non-transitory computer readable medium on the cloud server network device; and

sending securely with the first cloud application the one or more cloud storage objects including the received one or more new blocks in the blockchain to selected ones of the plurality of other cloud servers on the cloud communications network with the determined plurality of address locations determined with the Galois Field lookup table,

wherein none of the selected ones of plurality of other cloud server network devices cannot individually determine other locations of the received one or more new blocks in the blockchain on the cloud communications network, thereby providing a second level of security and privacy for storing the received one or more new blocks in the block chain on the cloud communications network;

receiving in real-time a first request message on the first cloud application on the cloud server network device with the one or more processors from a second cloud application stored in a second non-transitory computer readable medium on second target network device with one or more processors via the cloud communications network,

wherein the first request message includes a request for desired received one or more blocks in the blockchain stored in the one or more cloud storage objects stored on the selected ones of the plurality of other different cloud server network devices distributed across the cloud communications network;

retrieving securely the cloud content location map on the first cloud application on the cloud server network device, wherein the cloud content location map includes address locations of the selected ones of the plurality of other different cloud server network devices on the cloud communications network;

sending from the first cloud application on the cloud server network device one or more second request messages for the desired received one or more blocks in the blockchain to the selected ones of the plurality of other different cloud server network devices identified in the retrieved cloud content location map and located on the cloud communications network;

receiving on a cloud computing application on the server network device one or more response messages including the desired received one or more blocks in the blockchain stored in the one or more cloud storage objects from the selected ones of the plurality of other different cloud server network devices on the cloud communications network;

combining transparently on the first cloud application on the cloud server network device the one or more individual components of the desired received one or more blocks in the blockchain from the one or more cloud storage objects from the received one or more response messages into a final desired electronic cloud content component; and

sending securely in real-time the final desired received one or more blocks in the blockchain component as the requested desired received one or more blocks in the blockchain from the first cloud application on the cloud server network device to the second target network device via the cloud communications network,

wherein the second cloud application on the second target network device cannot determine the desired received one or more blocks in the blockchain was stored in the retrieved plurality of cloud storage objects and cannot determine which of the selected ones of the plurality of other different cloud server network devices,

thereby providing a third layer of security and privacy for desired received one or more blocks in the blockchain on the cloud communications network.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the blockchain is decentralized and does not require a central authority for creation, processing or verification and comprises a public digital ledger of all transactions that have ever been executed on the blockchain and wherein new blocks are added to the blockchain in a linear, chronological order.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the public digital ledger of the blockchain comprises transactions and blocks.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein blocks in the blockchain record and confirm when and in what sequence transactions are entered and logged into the blockchain.

5. The method of claim 3 wherein transactions comprise desired electronic content stored in the blockchain.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein the desired electronic content includes a financial transaction.

7. The method of claim 5 wherein the financial transaction includes a cryptocurrency transaction, wherein the cryptocurrency transaction includes a BITCOIN transaction.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein an identifier for the received one or more blocks in the blockchain includes a private encryption key.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the modified Galois field GF(pⁿ) provides a secure digital wallet for the one or more received blocks in the blockchain.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of determining a plurality of address locations includes determining a plurality of virtual cloud communication network addresses, a plurality of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, a plurality of Medium Access Control (MAC) addresses, Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) port designations, User Datagram Protocol (UDP) port designations, other networking protocol port designations or a combination thereof, of the selected ones of the plurality of other cloud server network devices on the cloud communications network.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein the one or more cloud storage object include one or more of a REpresentational State Transfer (REST) or Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP), Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) cloud storage objects, portions thereof, or combinations thereof.

12. The method of claim 1 wherein securely storing the received one or more blocks in the blockchain in one or more cloud storage objects, the modified Galois field GF(pⁿ) or the cloud content location map includes securely storing:

the received one or more blocks in the blockchain in one or more cloud storage objects, the modified Galois field GF(pⁿ) or the cloud content location map, in an encrypted format including using a Discrete Logarithm Integrated Encryption Scheme (DLIES), a Elliptic Curve Integrated Encryption Scheme (ECIES), a user generated biometric encryption method, or a Homomorphic encryption method.

13. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of sending securely with the cloud application the one or more cloud storage object includes securely sending using a Wireless Encryption Protocol (WEP), Wireless-Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA), Robust Security Network (RSN), Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), Data Encryption Standard (DES), Triple Data Encryption Standard (3DES), Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA), Message Digest-5 (MD-5), Electronic Code Book (ECB), Diffie and Hellman (DH), HyperText Transport Protocol Secure, (HTTPs), Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), one-time pad (OTP), Transport Layer Security (TLS) security method, Discrete Logarithm Integrated Encryption Scheme (DLIES), a Elliptic Curve Integrated Encryption Scheme (ECIES), biometric or a Homomorphic encryption method.

14. The method of claim 1 wherein the target network device, cloud server network device and one or more other cloud server network devices communicating with the cloud server network device include one or more wireless communications interfaces comprising:

cellular telephone, 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n, 802.15.4 (ZigBee), Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi), Wi-Fi Aware, Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX), ETSI High Performance Radio Metropolitan Area Network (HIPERMAN), Near Field Communications (NFC), Machine-to-Machine (M2M), Bluetooth or Infra DAta (IrDA) wireless communication interfaces.

15. The method of claim 1 wherein the target network device includes a mobile network device, smart network device or a wearable network device.

16. The method of claim 1 wherein the cloud application offers a cloud computing Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), a cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS) and offers a Specific cloud software service as a Service (SaaS) including a specific cloud software service for storage and retrieval of the one or more received blocks in the blockchain.

17. The method of claim 1 wherein the cloud application, the cloud network server, the cloud target application and the target network devices and the cloud communications network are replaced with a peer-to-peer (P2P) applications, P2P network devices and a P2P communications network.

18. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

the blockchain defining cryptocurrency transactions, wherein a valid cryptocurrency transaction in the blockchain is digitally signed, electronically spends one or more unspent outputs of previous cryptocurrency transactions, and the sum of cryptocurrency transaction outputs does not exceed the sum of cryptocurrency transaction inputs on the blockchain.

19. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored therein a plurality of instructions configured for causing one more processors on one more network devices connected to a cloud communications network to execute the steps of:

receiving securely one or more new blocks created for a blockchain on a first cloud application on a cloud server network device with the one or more processors from a target application on a target network device with one or more processor via a cloud communications network;

storing securely with the first cloud application the received one or more new blocks in the block chain in one or more cloud storage objects;

creating with the first cloud application a modified Galois field GF(pⁿ) comprising;

(a) populating a first portion of a Galois field lookup table in the modified Galois field GF(pⁿ) with pⁿ unique field elements;

(b) populating a second portion of the Galois field lookup table with a plurality of virtual network address locations, actual network address locations, virtual protocol port address designations and actual protocol port address designations, for locating a plurality of other cloud server network devices each with one or more processors on the cloud communications network, and

(c) securely storing with the first cloud application the modified Galois field GF(pⁿ) on the cloud server network device;

inputting from the first cloud application one or more pre-determined inputs into the modified Galois field GF(pⁿ) securely stored on the cloud server network device;

outputting with the first cloud application from the modified Galois field GF(pⁿ) a plurality of different types of address locations including;

virtual network address locations, actual network address locations, virtual protocol port address designations actual protocol port address designations, stored in the Galois Field lookup table in the modified Galois Field GF(pⁿ),

thereby providing a first level of security and privacy for storing the received one or more new blocks in the blockchain with the modified Galois field GF(pⁿ);

storing securely with the first cloud application the determined plurality of address locations in a cloud content location map in a non-transitory computer readable medium on the cloud server network device; and

sending securely with the first cloud application the one or more cloud storage objects including the received one or more new blocks in the blockchain to selected ones of the plurality of other cloud servers on the cloud communications network with the determined plurality of address locations determined with the Galois Field lookup table,

wherein none of the selected ones of plurality of other cloud server network devices cannot individually determine other locations of the received one or more new blocks in the blockchain on the cloud communications network, thereby providing a second level of security and privacy for storing the received one or more new blocks in the block chain on the cloud communications network;

receiving in real-time a first request message on the first cloud application on the cloud server network device with the one or more processors from a second cloud application stored in a second non-transitory computer readable medium on second target network device with one or more processors via the cloud communications network,

wherein the first request message includes a request for desired received one or more blocks in the blockchain stored in the one or more cloud storage objects stored on the selected ones of the plurality of other different cloud server network devices distributed across the cloud communications network;

retrieving securely the cloud content location map on the first cloud application on the cloud server network device, wherein the cloud content location map includes address locations of the selected ones of the plurality of other different cloud server network devices on the cloud communications network;

sending from the first cloud application on the cloud server network device one or more second request messages for the desired received one or more blocks in the blockchain to the selected ones of the plurality of other different cloud server network devices identified in the retrieved cloud content location map and located on the cloud communications network;

receiving on a cloud computing application on the server network device one or more response messages including the desired received one or more blocks in the blockchain stored in the one or more cloud storage objects from the selected ones of the plurality of other different cloud server network devices on the cloud communications network;

combining transparently on the first cloud application on the cloud server network device the one or more individual components of the desired received one or more blocks in the blockchain from the one or more cloud storage objects from the received one or more response messages into a final desired electronic cloud content component; and

sending securely in real-time the final desired received one or more blocks in the blockchain component as the requested desired received one or more blocks in the blockchain from the first cloud application on the cloud server network device to the second target network device via the cloud communications network,

wherein the second cloud application on the second target network device cannot determine the desired received one or more blocks in the blockchain was stored in the retrieved plurality of cloud storage objects and cannot determine which of the selected ones of the plurality of other different cloud server network devices,

thereby providing a third layer of security and privacy for desired received one or more blocks in the blockchain on the cloud communications network.

20. A system for automatic storage and retrieval of blocks in block chains with cloud computing, comprising in combination:

one or more network devices, each with one or more processors connected to a cloud communications network, the one or more processors of the one or more network devices executing a plurality of instructions in one or more non-transitory computer readable mediums;

for receiving securely one or more new blocks created for a blockchain on a first cloud application on a cloud server network device with the one or more processors from a target application on a target network device with one or more processor via a cloud communications network;

for storing securely with the first cloud application the received one or more new blocks in the block chain in one or more cloud storage objects;

for creating with the first cloud application a modified Galois field GF(pⁿ) comprising;

(a) populating a first portion of a Galois field lookup table in the modified Galois field GF(pⁿ) with pⁿ unique field elements;

(b) populating a second portion of the Galois field lookup table with a plurality of virtual network address locations, actual network address locations, virtual protocol port address designations and actual protocol port address designations, for locating a plurality of other cloud server network devices each with one or more processors on the cloud communications network, and

(c) securely storing with the first cloud application the modified Galois field GF(pⁿ) on the cloud server network device;

for inputting from the first cloud application one or more pre-determined inputs into the modified Galois field GF(pⁿ) securely stored on the cloud server network device;

for outputting with the first cloud application from the modified Galois field GF(pⁿ) a plurality of different types of address locations including;

virtual network address locations, actual network address locations, virtual protocol port address designations actual protocol port address designations, stored in the Galois Field lookup table in the modified Galois Field GF(pⁿ),

thereby providing a first level of security and privacy for storing the received one or more new blocks in the blockchain with the modified Galois field GF(pⁿ);

for storing securely with the first cloud application the determined plurality of address locations in a cloud content location map in a non-transitory computer readable medium on the cloud server network device;

for sending securely with the first cloud application the one or more cloud storage objects including the received one or more new blocks in the blockchain to selected ones of the plurality of other cloud servers on the cloud communications network with the determined plurality of address locations determined with the Galois Field lookup table,

wherein none of the selected ones of plurality of other cloud server network devices cannot individually determine other locations of the received one or more new blocks in the blockchain on the cloud communications network, thereby providing a second level of security and privacy for storing the received one or more new blocks in the block chain on the cloud communications network;

for receiving in real-time a first request message on the first cloud application on the cloud server network device with the one or more processors from a second cloud application stored in a second non-transitory computer readable medium on second target network device with one or more processors via the cloud communications network,

wherein the first request message includes a request for desired received one or more blocks in the blockchain stored in the one or more cloud storage objects stored on the selected ones of the plurality of other different cloud server network devices distributed across the cloud communications network;

for retrieving securely the cloud content location map on the first cloud application on the cloud server network device, wherein the cloud content location map includes address locations of the selected ones of the plurality of other different cloud server network devices on the cloud communications network;

for sending from the first cloud application on the cloud server network device one or more second request messages for the desired received one or more blocks in the blockchain to the selected ones of the plurality of other different cloud server network devices identified in the retrieved cloud content location map and located on the cloud communications network;

for receiving on a cloud computing application on the server network device one or more response messages including the desired received one or more blocks in the blockchain stored in the one or more cloud storage objects from the selected ones of the plurality of other different cloud server network devices on the cloud communications network;

for combining transparently on the first cloud application on the cloud server network device the one or more individual components of the desired received one or more blocks in the blockchain from the one or more cloud storage objects from the received one or more response messages into a final desired electronic cloud content component; and

for sending securely in real-time the final desired received one or more blocks in the blockchain component as the requested desired received one or more blocks in the blockchain from the first cloud application on the cloud server network device to the second target network device via the cloud communications network,

wherein the second cloud application on the second target network device cannot determine the desired received one or more blocks in the blockchain was stored in the retrieved plurality of cloud storage objects and cannot determine which of the selected ones of the plurality of other different cloud server network devices,

thereby providing a third layer of security and privacy for desired received one or more blocks in the blockchain on the cloud communications network.