IBM patented blockchain consensus model for transactions in multiplayer games

IBM corporation patented a consensus model based on a blockchain, intended for use when processing transactions in multi -user games.

In a patent called "Protocol of the game consensus for the blockchain", received by IBM on the past week, The model for choosing a group of users of any game to check transactions is described, as well as the choice of a leader for generating a block and its broadcast into blockchain inside this group.

“Game nodes, which check the block, attach their own signature to the block ", - says in the patent.

Since the process of protection and verification of transactions is a service, users, who contribute to it, They can receive a reward. The patent describes the system, which can be implemented in multiplayer games, eg, Fortnite или Call of Duty: Warzone, which involve a wide range of small transactions.

Although the model described in the patent involves the participation of users in a consensus for ordering transactions, The developers note, that the performance of smart contracts occurs in the blockchain and can only be carried out in the case, If user devices have sufficient computing power.

Recall, that at the beginning of the year IBM received a patent for a system for records of data on transactions outside the network, And last year, the company applied for a patent web browser based on blockchain.