Patent ID: 11972400
Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 6:
7. A method for enabling faster proof-of-work in a distributed ledger, the method comprising:
generating, by a first computing device, a first hash having a first difficulty level as a first proof of work associated with a first plurality of selected transactions, wherein the first hash is not accepted by a distributed ledger network;
receiving, by the first computing device, a second plurality of selected transactions;
determining, by the first computing device, a second difficulty level for a second proof of work associated with the second plurality of selected transactions;
comparing, by a processor of the first computing device, the first difficulty level to the second difficulty level; and
in response to determining that the first difficulty level is greater than or equal to the second difficulty level, generating, by the first computing device, a second hash for the second plurality of selected transactions.