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Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2025

Filed:

Jan. 19, 2021
Applicant:

Nchain Licensing Ag, Zug, CH;

Inventors:

Craig Steven Wright, London, GB;

Owen Vaughan, London, GB;

Jack Owen Davies, London, GB;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/32 (2006.01); H04L 9/00 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/3239 (2013.01); H04L 9/50 (2022.05);
Abstract

A method comprising, at an attesting node of a network: receiving a sequence of data items from one or more client nodes of the network, determining an order of the sequence of data items, and attesting to the order by: including an indication of a respective set of one or more of the data items in each of a series of blockchain transactions. Each successive transaction comprises a respective input pointing to an output of the respective preceding transaction, wherein the output of the respective preceding transaction comprises a locking script, and the input of the respective successive transaction includes an unlocking script comprising a respective signature based on a respective key in a series of keys. The respective signature in each successive transaction signs a portion of the respective successive transaction including at least the indication of the respective set of data items.


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