Parallel blockchain processing

1. A method of validating a block in a blockchain network, comprising the steps of:

receiving at least one validation request, by the blockchain network, the at least one validation request instructing the blockchain network to validate a block;

identifying a subset of nodes in the blockchain network as trusted nodes;

establishing a quorum formed from a first plurality of trusted nodes of the trusted nodes, the first plurality of trusted nodes participating in the quorum as quorum members, wherein the quorum comprises a quorum manager;

distributing, by the quorum manager, the validation request to each quorum member;

receiving, by the quorum manager, a vote on the validity of the block from each quorum member; and

determining, by the quorum manager, the validity of the block by tallying up the votes received;

identifying a second plurality of trusted nodes;

transmitting the block to each of the second plurality of trusted nodes based on a determination, by the quorum, that the block is not valid;

receiving a second validity vote from each of the second plurality of trusted nodes in response to transmitting the block to each of the second plurality of trusted nodes; and

determining the validity of the block based at least in part on the second validity vote from each of the second plurality trusted nodes, wherein a threshold for the second validity vote is higher than a threshold used by the quorum in the determination that the block is not valid,

wherein a trusted node must meet certain pre-determined criteria, and

wherein a node is a computing device that comprises a processor and a memory that stores an entire blockchain of the blockchain network.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising the steps of:

receiving validation requests to verify a plurality of blocks; and

forming multiple quorums, each quorum handling a unique validation request of the received validation requests.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein a coordinator node coordinates activities of said multiple quorums, further comprising the steps of:

receiving, by the coordinator node, validation results as and when a particular quorum of said multiple quorums completes the validation request;

declaring, by the coordinator node, all blocks are valid when all quorum managers verify that all the blocks are valid; and

declaring, by the coordinator node, that an (n−1) th block to a last block of the plurality of blocks to be invalid if an n th block is found to be invalid by one of said multiple quorums, and sending a stop-validation instruction to all the said multiple quorums to stop validating from the (n−1) th block to the last block.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the quorum will dissolve after it determines the validity of the block.

5. The method of claim 2 , wherein the trusted nodes forms a pool and the quorum is formed by performing randomized lottery on the trusted nodes in the pool.

6. The method of claim 2 , wherein the trusted nodes forms a pool and the quorum is formed by performing voting process by the trusted nodes in the pool.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining that the node is operated by a trusted organization, wherein determining that the node is a trusted node is based at least part on the determination that the node is operated by the trusted organization.

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

determining that the node is a permanent trusted node based at least part on the determination that the node is operated by the trusted organization.

9. A method for interacting with a blockchain, the method comprising:

identifying a block to be validated to a blockchain;

identifying a plurality of nodes participating in the blockchain;

identifying a first plurality of trusted nodes from the plurality of nodes;

establishing a quorum based on the first plurality of trusted nodes, the first plurality of trusted nodes participating in the quorum as quorum members, wherein the quorum comprises a quorum manager;

transmitting the block to each of the first plurality of trusted nodes;

receiving a validity vote from each of the first plurality of trusted nodes in response to transmitting the block;

determining a validity of the block based at least in part on the validity vote from each of the first plurality of trusted nodes;

identifying a second plurality of trusted nodes from the plurality of nodes;

transmitting the block to each of the second plurality of trusted nodes based on a determination, by the quorum, that the block is not valid;

receiving a second validity vote from each of the second plurality of trusted nodes in response to transmitting the block to each of the second plurality of trusted nodes; and

determining the validity of the block based at least in part on the second validity vote from each of the second plurality trusted nodes, wherein a threshold for the second validity vote is higher than a threshold used by the quorum in the determination that the block is not valid.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

determining that a node from the plurality of nodes that is not among the plurality of trusted nodes; and

refraining from transmitting the block to the node based on the determination that the node is not among the plurality of trusted nodes.

11. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

determining that a voting score based on the validity votes received from the plurality of trusted nodes is above a threshold; and

determining that the block is valid based on the determination that the voting score is above the threshold.

12. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

determining that the block is not valid based at least in part on the validity votes received from each of the plurality of trusted nodes.

13. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

transmitting a message to a block creator indicating that the block is invalid, wherein the block is created by the block creator.

14. A system for interacting with at least one blockchain, comprising:

at least one processor and at least one memory storing instructions and in electronic communication with the processor, the at least one processor being configured to execute the instructions to:

identify a block to be validated to a blockchain;

identify a plurality of nodes participating in the blockchain;

identify a first plurality of trusted nodes from the plurality of nodes;

establish a quorum based on the first plurality of trusted nodes, the first plurality of trusted nodes participating in the quorum as quorum members, wherein the quorum comprises a quorum manager;

transmit the block to each of the first plurality of trusted nodes;

receive a validity vote from each of the first plurality of trusted nodes in response to transmitting the block;

determine a validity of the block based at least in part on the validity vote from each of the first plurality of trusted nodes;

identify a second plurality of trusted nodes from the plurality of nodes;

transmit the block to each of the second plurality of trusted nodes based on a determination, by the quorum, that the block is not valid;

receive a second validity vote from each of the second plurality of trusted nodes in response to transmitting the block to each of the second plurality of trusted nodes; and

determine the validity of the block based at least in part on the second validity vote from each of the second plurality trusted nodes, wherein a threshold for the second validity vote is higher than a threshold used by the quorum in the determination that the block is not valid;

wherein the at least one processor processes the at least one blockchain concurrently and independently.