US Patent 12003647 Reduced-step blockchain verification of media file

An example operation may include one or more of storing a full-step hash of a data file and a reduced-step hash of the data file within a data block of a hash-linked chain of blocks of a blockchain, receiving a request from a client application to verify the data file, determining whether to provide the full-step hash of the data file or the reduced-step hash of the data file based on the request, and in response to determining to provide the reduced-hash, transmitting the reduced-step hash of the data file to the client application.