U.S. Patent 11030044 was awarded to Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd. on June 08, 2021 and is entitled “Dynamic blockchain data storage based on error correction code.” The first named inventor is Haizhen Zhuo of Hangzhou, . The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for storing blockchain data. One of the methods includes receiving a request for performing error correction coding (ECC) to one or more blocks of a blockchain, obtaining the one or more blocks based on blockchain data received from at least one blockchain node of the blockchain network, and performing ECC of the one or more blocks to generate one or more encoded blocks, wherein a code rate of the one or more encoded blocks equals a minimum number of honest blockchain nodes required by the blockchain network and a total number of blockchain nodes of the blockchain network. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on October 30, 2020  as U.S. Patent Application 17/086030 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 11030044. The primary examiner was Kyle Vallecillo.

Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd., who is the original assignee of this patent, has at least 38 total granted patents in the United States as of the date of this article. This blockchain patent has been cited 0 times by other U.S. patents according to our law firm research, and can be considered an innovative patent in the field of cryptocurrency and blockchain.

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