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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2022
Applicant:
Nchain Holdings Limited, St. John's, AG;
Inventors:
Craig Steven Wright, London, GB;
Stephane Savanah, London, GB;
Assignee:
NCHAIN LICENSING AG, Zug, CH;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 20/06 (2012.01); G06F 16/182 (2019.01); G06F 16/27 (2019.01); G06Q 20/38 (2012.01); H04L 9/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); H04L 9/00 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 20/0658 (2013.01); G06F 16/1834 (2019.01); G06F 16/27 (2019.01); G06Q 20/3829 (2013.01); G06Q 20/385 (2013.01); H04L 9/0643 (2013.01); H04L 9/0861 (2013.01); H04L 9/3234 (2013.01); H04L 9/3239 (2013.01); H04L 9/3247 (2013.01); H04L 9/50 (2022.05); H04L 2209/56 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of creating, redeeming, and transferring tokens on a peer-to-peer distributed ledger including generating a blockchain transaction having an output related to a quantity of cryptocurrency, and a hash of a redeem script usable for spending the output. The redeem script comprises metadata, which in turn comprises a token representing a tokenised entity. The redeem script additionally comprises at least one public cryptographic key. The metadata is provided in the redeem script at a location designated in the underlying blockchain protocol as a location for a cryptographic key.