Method and apparatus for implementing a distributed blockchain transaction processing element in a datacenter

A data center for implementing a blockchain transaction processing component, the data center comprising:

• a first server including:
• a non-transitory computer readable storage medium to store instructions;
• and
• a processor coupled with the non-transitory computer readable storage medium to process the stored instructions to:
• receive a call to a function to be performed for a smart contract of a blockchain database;
• dispatch the call for the function to a first runtime environment of the first server;
• fetch code from the blockchain database, wherein the code includes a set of one or more instructions to be executed for implementing the function;
• execute the code in the first runtime environment resulting in a blockchain transaction and a modified state of the blockchain database;
• write a copy of the blockchain transaction and the modified state of the blockchain database in a storage medium that is locally accessible by the first server, wherein the storage medium is part of a distributed cluster of storage media accessible to a plurality of servers of the data center;
• and
• in response to writing the copy of the blockchain transaction and the modified state:
• add the blockchain transaction to a first block;
• determine, based on a consensus mechanism, whether the first block is to be added to the blockchain database;
• and
• responsive to determining that the first block is to be added to the blockchain database, cause the first block to be stored in a persistent storage as part of the blockchain database.

A non-transitory computer readable medium to store instructions which when executed by one or more processors of a server in a data center causes the one or more processors to perform the following operations:

• receiving, at a first server of the data center, a call to a function to be performed for a smart contract of a blockchain database;
• dispatching the call for the function to a first runtime environment of the first server;
• fetching code from the blockchain database, wherein the code includes a set of one or more instructions to be executed for implementing the function;
• executing the code in the first runtime environment resulting in a blockchain transaction and a modified state of the blockchain database;
• writing a copy of the blockchain transaction and the modified state of the blockchain database in a storage medium that is locally accessible by the first server, wherein the storage medium is part of a distributed cluster of storage media accessible to a plurality of servers of the data center;
• and
• in response to writing the copy of the blockchain transaction and the modified state:
• adding the blockchain transaction to a first block;
• determining, based on a consensus mechanism, whether the first block is to be added to the blockchain database;
• and
• responsive to determining that the first block is to be added to the blockchain database, causing the first block to be stored in a persistent storage as part of the blockchain database.