Patent AU-2019380380-B2 (AU)
Title: Taking snapshots of blockchain data
Inventor: LU ZHONGHAO
IPC: G06F11/14
Filed: 2019-11-29
Granted: 2022-03-10
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(54) Title: TAKING SNAPSHOTS OF BLOCKCHAIN DATA 
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S(57) Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage 
CA media, for blockchain data storage.GOne ofthe methods includes generating asnapshot of acurrentstate tree associated with afixed depth 
O=Merkle tree(FDMT) during creationof ablock of ablockchain,wherein thecurrent state treestores stateinformation corresponding 
to anewest block of the blockchain, and storing the snapshot of the current state tree.