US Patent 10896165 Management of snapshot in blockchain

Verified snapshots are generated by obtaining, from one of a plurality of first nodes, a difference between a common data at a first time point and the common data at a second time point that is different from the first time point, generating a first snapshot of the common data at the first time point based on the difference, obtaining a hash of the common data at the first time point from one of the plurality of first nodes, and verifying the first snapshot at the first time point with the hash of the common data at the first time point.