A hybrid storage blockchain-based query efficiency enhancement method for business environment evaluation

Abstract

A favorable business environment plays a crucial role in facilitating the high-quality development of a modern economy. In order to enhance the credibility and efficiency of business environment evaluation, this paper proposes a hybrid storage blockchain-based query efficiency enhancement method for business environment evaluation. Currently, most blockchain systems store block data in key-value databases or file systems with simple semantic descriptions. However, such systems have a single query interface, limited supported query types, and high storage overhead, which leads to low performance. To tackle these challenges, this paper proposes a query efficiency enhancement method based on hybrid storage blockchain. Firstly, data are stored in a hybrid data storage architecture combining on-chain and off-chain. Additionally, relational semantics are added to block data, and three index mechanisms are designed to expedite data access. Subsequently, corresponding query efficiency enhancement algorithms are designed based on the query types that are applicable to the aforementioned three index mechanisms, further refining the query processing. Finally, a comprehensive authentication query is implemented on the blockchain for the light client, and the user can verify the soundness and integrity of the query results. Experimental results on three open datasets show that the method proposed in this paper significantly reduces storage overhead, has shorter query latency for three different query types, and improves retrieval performance and verification efficiency.