ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING PARTIAL LEDGER IN BLOCKCHAIN NETWORK AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF

• Main Authors: HA, Seungmin, WON, Sungwook, JO, Jinsu, YOON, Woongah
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 17.08.2023
• Subjects: ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION

An electronic device constituting a blockchain node included in a blockchain network is provided. The electronic device includes a communication circuit configured to at least one of transmit a signal to or receive another signal from one or more external devices, a memory configured to store a partial ledger including a part of an entire ledger for the blockchain network, the partial ledger including at least one block corresponding to respective at least one transaction in which the electronic device has participated in a consensus, and at least one processor electrically connected to the communication circuit and the memory, wherein the at least one processor is configured to execute a transaction related to the electronic device, according to the execution of the transaction, generate a block which includes block data for the transaction, and a hash field including previous block information in the entire ledger and previous block information in the partial ledger, and to store the block in the memory in association with the partial ledger.