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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2025
Filed:
May. 23, 2018
Nchain Licensing Ag, Zug, CH;
Ying Chan, Cambridge, GB;
Dean Kramer, London, GB;
NCHAIN LICENSING AG, Zug, CH;
Abstract
A computer-implemented method using a blockchain network includes: i) receiving, at a node in a blockchain network, a first transaction associated with a digital asset, the first transaction specifying at least: a) a first set of constraints on a second transaction to transfer control of the digital asset, the first set of constraints including one or more constraints that cause the second transaction to contain a set of data from the blockchain network; and b) a second set of constraints on the second transaction, the second set of constraints including a constraint that the set of data includes a block that includes the first transaction, the block included in a blockchain associated with the blockchain network; ii) verifying that the first set of constraints and the second set of constraints are satisfied; and iii) transferring control of the digital asset based at least in part on the verifying.