Blockchain-oriented data management middleware

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1000-5641.2021.05.006

Abstract

Abstract:

As a decentralized distributed ledger, blockchain technology is widely used to share data between untrusted parties. Compared with traditional databases that have been refined over many years, blockchains cannot support rich queries, are limited to single query interfaces, and suffer from slow response. Simple organizational structures and discrete storage limits are the main barriers that limit the expression of transaction data. In order to make up for the shortcomings of existing blockchain technology and achieve efficient application development, users can build abstract models, encapsulate easy-to-use interfaces, and improve the efficiency of queries. We also propose a general data management middleware for blockchain, which has the following characteristics: ① Support for custom construction of data models and the flexibility to add new abstractions to transaction data; ② Provide multiple data access interfaces to support rich queries and use optimization methods such as synchronous caching mechanisms to improve query efficiency; ③ Design advance hash calculation and asynchronous batch processing strategies to optimize transaction latency and throughput. We integrated the proposed data management middleware with the open source blockchain CITA and verified its ease of use and efficiency through experiments.

Key words: blockchain, data management, transaction data, abstract model

CLC Number:

TP302

Sijia DENG, Xing TONG, Haibo TANG, Zhao ZHANG, Cheqing JIN. Blockchain-oriented data management middleware[J]. Journal of East China Normal University(Natural Science), 2021, 2021(5): 60-73.

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SQL语句	功能	数据处理
CREATE/ALTER	数据建模	创建/更新Schema
INSERT	数据上链	检查数据属性
SELECT	数据查询	解析交易字段

方法	功能描述
Read(k)→v	根据交易哈希/块高读取区块链中的交易
Write(v)→tx-hash	将交易发往区块链, 返回交易哈希
Check(tx-hash)→tx-state	根据交易哈希查询区块链交易状态

序号	SQL语句
C	CREATE TABLE INVOICE (invoiceno varchar(255), clientname varchar(255), amount varchar(255), date date);
I	INSERT INTO INVOICE VALUES (‘IN00001’, ‘Alice’, ‘10000’, ‘2021-01-01’);
Q	SELECT * FROM INVOICE WHERE invoiceno = ‘IN00001’;

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