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Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025

Filed:

Apr. 03, 2020
Applicant:

Nchain Holdings Limited, St. John's, AG;

Inventors:

Craig Steven Wright, London, GB;

Alexander Tennyson Mackay, London, GB;

Wei Zhang, London, GB;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/32 (2006.01); H04L 9/00 (2022.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/3218 (2013.01); H04L 9/0825 (2013.01); H04L 9/50 (2022.05); H04L 2209/56 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of enabling knowledge proof in a blockchain transaction is disclosed. The method comprises sending, from a verifier to a prover, a blockchain transaction redeemable by means of data including (i) first data (y) based on a combination of an ephemeral key (r), second data (c) and a private key of a public-private key pair of a cryptography system, wherein the public key (v) is based on an integer generator raised to a first power, wherein the first power is based on the private key, and wherein knowledge of the private key is required in order to determine the ephemeral key from the first data, and (ii) third data (x) based on the integer generator raised to a second power, wherein the second power is based on the ephemeral key.


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