METHOD FOR SIGNING A NEW BLOCK IN A DECENTRALIZED BLOCKCHAIN CONSENSUS NETWORK

摘要

The present invention relates to a method for registering a mining computing entity, ‘MCE’ with a trusted execution environment entity, ‘TEEE’ in a blockchain of a distributed blockchain consensus network, ‘DBCN’, based on a proof-of-stake protocol, said method comprising the steps of —Providing public signing and corresponding secret signing information and trusted time information by said TEEE of said MCE, —Providing public and secret account information for a virtual wallet of said blockchain by said MCE, —Generating integrity information by said TEEE, —Generating attestation information by signing said integrity information, hashed public signing information and public account information, —Computing proving information, by an attestation providing entity, ‘APE’, by attesting said attestation information, —Sending a transaction to said blockchain, signed with said secret account information, wherein said transaction including said public signing information and said proving information, —Verifying said transaction using said public account information and certificate information of said APE, and —Registering said MCE to said blockchain upon successful verification by providing an entry into the account as state of the blockchain comprising trusted time information of the block comprising said transaction and amount information of the stake of the account.