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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2020
Nchain Holdings Limited, St. John's, AG;
Brock Doiron, London, GB;
Craig Steven Wright, London, GB;
nChain Licensing AG, Zug, CH;
Abstract
A method comprising: retrieving a header file from a first transaction recorded on a blockchain maintained across a plurality of nodes of a blockchain network. The header file comprises: program header information, and reference information comprising one or more respective transaction IDs of one or more respective second transactions stored on the blockchain. Each second transaction comprises a respective section of a body of the program file, at least one of the sections comprising runnable program code. The method comprises, from the blockchain, retrieving the respective section of the program file from at least one of the second transactions based on the reference information; and running a program comprising the program header information and the at least one retrieved section.