With blockchain, groups of nodes based on the number of participants form a network and work together to perform a series of processes from executing transactions to validating the legitimacy of transactions. For this reason, the number of transactions that can be executed per unit of time is limited by communication bottlenecks through the network, as compared to previous centralized systems. 

 

Hence it becomes difficult to apply the technology to things like online transaction systems demanding high performance and the ability to process large volumes of transactions. Fujitsu Laboratories learned that under network conditions where a response time of about 64 milliseconds or less is needed, communications between the applications and the blockchain platform during transaction processing are the primary cause of bottlenecks.

 

Based on this analysis, Fujitsu came up with the new technology featuring the following:

This functionality executes only differential computations on the specified data in one processing action on the blockchain platform. It also reduces the number of computations directly linked with the number of communications.

It not only makes processing on the blockchain platform more efficient by aggregating multiple processes, it also reduces the number of communications.

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