CPC H04L 1/1642 (2013.01) [G06F 16/1748 (2019.01); G06F 16/2308 (2019.01); H04L 12/1881 (2013.01); H04L 69/12 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A method, comprising:
receiving, at a sequencer process associated with implementing a consensus log, a message that indicates a proposal of initial log assignments for slots of the consensus log to transition the consensus log from a first epoch to a second epoch, wherein the sequencer process implements a consensus protocol and maintains a copy of the consensus log;
storing the initial log assignments for the second epoch while maintaining current log assignments for the first epoch;
determining that the second epoch is activated; and
activating the initial log assignments for the second epoch, wherein one or more previously decided slots associated with the first epoch are overwritten when the second epoch is activated.
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