CPC H04L 9/50 (2022.05) [H04L 9/32 (2013.01)] | 25 Claims |
1. A device configured to add a block to a distributed ledger maintained by a composite cryptographic system, the device comprising:
a network interface;
memory; and
a processor, the processor configured to:
obtain a first proof using a first cryptographic system, wherein the first proof utilizes a Proof of Bus mechanism in which bus bandwidth acts as a limited resource;
obtain a second proof using a second cryptographic system; and
broadcast a block to securely add the block to a distributed ledger, wherein the block is capable of being validated by using the first cryptographic system to generate the first proof and by using the second cryptographic system to generate the second proof.
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