A system and method for self-adaptive and autonomous sharding of distributed ledger technology platforms

A system comprising:

• a distributed ledger technology (DLT) platform comprising a DLT storage module configured for storing and processing DLT transactions, the DLT storage module being partitioned into one or more DLT shards according to a DLT configuration, each DLT shard being associated with a local network of transaction processing nodes configured to process and verify submitted DLT transactions according to a local consensus protocol defined by a Global Conflict Resolver (GCR) module in accordance with the DLT configuration;
• a sharding engine (SE) communicatively coupled to the DLT platform and configured to monitor and optimise performance of the communicatively coupled DLT platform, the sharding engine comprising:
• a sensor module configured to monitor a set of configuration parameters associated with the DLT platform;
• and
• a decision and optimisation (DO) module configured to receive and process the values obtained from the set of configuration parameters to determine a set of corresponding performance metrics indicative of operational performance of a target DLT platform;
• wherein the DO module is configured to compare values of the performance metrics with corresponding target values, and wherein, when at least one of the performance metrics is within a value range from at least one corresponding target value, the DO module is configured to adjust an aspect of the DLT configuration of the DLT platform to optimise its operational performance.

A method for monitoring and optimising performance of distributed ledger technology (DLT) platforms, the method comprising:

• monitoring a set of configuration parameters associated with a DLT configuration of a DLT platform;
• receiving and processing values obtained from the set of configuration parameters to determine a set of corresponding performance metrics indicative of operational performance of a target DLT platform;
• and
• comparing the values of the performance metrics with corresponding target values,
• wherein the DLT platform includes a DLT storage module for storing and processing DLT transactions, the DLT storage module being partitioned into one or more DLT shards according to the DLT configuration, each DLT shard being associated with a local network of transaction processing nodes for processing and verifying submitted DLT transactions according to a local consensus protocol defined by a Global Conflict Resolver (GCR) module in accordance with the DLT configuration, and
• wherein, when at least one of the performance metrics is within a value range from at least one corresponding target value, a Decision and Optimization (DO) module adjusts an aspect of the DLT configuration of the DLT platform to optimise the operational performance of the DLT platform.