US Patent 11640392 Blockchain endorsement agreement

A computer-implemented system and related method process a smart contract. The method uses a processor for processing a smart contract that receives a transaction proposal (TP) from a blockchain client. The processor determines a pre-endorsement result (PER) that is associated with the TP, analyzes, according to a pre-endorsement agreement logic, the PER to produce an agreed result, and endorses the agreed result. The processor sends, to the blockchain client, the endorsed agreed result.