Optimization of high volume transaction performance on a blockchain

An apparatus, comprising:

• a processor configured to:
• identify a newly proposed transaction of a blockchain;
• initiate a consensus operation to determine whether to authorize the newly proposed transaction;
• retrieve a key-value pair identified from a previous transaction;
• compare an index value associated with the key-value pair of the previous transaction to an index value associated with a key-value pair of the newly proposed transaction;
• and
• provide an affirmative consensus to accept the newly proposed transaction in the blockchain when the index value associated with the key-value pair of the previous transaction is contiguously sequential with the index value associated with the key-value pair of the newly proposed transaction.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium configured to store instructions that when executed cause a processor to perform:

• identifying a newly proposed transaction of a blockchain;
• initiating a consensus operation to determine whether to authorize the newly proposed transaction;
• retrieving a key-value pair identified from a previous transaction;
• comparing an index value associated with the key-value pair of the previous transaction to an index value associated with a key-value pair of the newly proposed transaction;
• and
• providing an affirmative consensus to accept the newly proposed transaction in the blockchain when the index value associated with the key-value pair of the previous transaction is contiguously sequential with the index value associated with the key-value pair of the newly proposed transaction.