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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2018
Applicant:
Nchain Licensing Ag, Zug, CH;
Inventors:
John Fletcher, Cambridge, GB;
Martin Sewell, London, GB;
Assignee:
nChain Licensing AG, Zug, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/32 (2006.01); G06F 16/27 (2019.01); H04L 9/00 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/3213 (2013.01); G06F 16/27 (2019.01); H04L 9/3218 (2013.01); H04L 9/3239 (2013.01); H04L 9/50 (2022.05);
Abstract
There may be provided a computer-implemented method. The computer-implemented method includes: i) after a proof-of-stake token is transferred to an address of a determined type on a proof-of-stake blockchain, adding a record of the transfer of the proof-of-stake token to the proof-of-work blockchain; ii) identifying a node, from a group of nodes, to participate in adding a block to the proof-of-stake blockchain, the identifying based on the proof-of-work blockchain; and iii) including a block submitted by the identified node in the proof-of-stake blockchain.