ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,335,304, issued on June 17, was assigned to Ava Labs Inc. (New York).
"Liveness in consensus protocol" was invented by Stephen John Buttolph (Brooklyn, N.Y.) and Kevin Sekniqi (Sunny Isles Beach, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various aspects of the subject technology relate to systems, methods, and machine-readable media for enhancing liveness in a blockchain. Various aspects may include running a first consensus protocol. Aspects may also include detecting a liveness attack in the first consensus protocol. Aspects may also include suspending, when the liveness attack is detected, acceptance of new blocks in the first consensus pro...