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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2016
21, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Balaji S. Srinivasan, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Daniel Firu, San Jose, CA (US);
Veerbhan Kheterpal, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Nigel Drego, San Francisco, CA (US);
21, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
A first device may be coupled to a second device over a network. The first device may maintain a first cryptocurrency wallet and may include mining circuitry that generates cryptocurrency rewards for the wallet. The first device may transmit a communications request to the second device. The second device may transmit payment information identifying a second wallet and a selected authentication amount to the first device. The second device may select the authentication amount to perform a desired amount of device connection rate limiting. The first device may generate an authentication transaction for a cryptocurrency network to transfer the authentication amount from the first wallet to the second wallet. The second device may determine whether the authentication transaction has been verified by the cryptocurrency network. In response to determining that the authentication transaction has been verified by the cryptocurrency network, the second device may establish the communication link.