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Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2025

Filed:

Mar. 06, 2023
Applicant:

Nchain Licensing Ag, Zug, CH;

Inventors:

Craig Steven Wright, London, GB;

Stephane Savanah, London, GB;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/08 (2006.01); G06Q 20/36 (2012.01); G06Q 20/38 (2012.01); H04L 9/30 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/085 (2013.01); G06Q 20/3678 (2013.01); G06Q 20/3829 (2013.01); H04L 9/0825 (2013.01); H04L 9/0861 (2013.01); H04L 9/0894 (2013.01); H04L 9/3066 (2013.01); H04L 9/3247 (2013.01); H04L 63/0442 (2013.01); G06Q 2220/00 (2013.01); H04L 9/3252 (2013.01); H04L 2209/56 (2013.01);
Abstract

A solution for controlling access to a resource such as a digital wallet implemented using a blockchain. Use of the invention during set-up of the wallet can enable subsequent operations to be handled in a secure manner over an insecure channel. An example method comprises splitting a verification element into multiple shares; determining a common secret at multiple nodes in a network; and using the common secret to transmit a share of the verification element between nodes. The shares can be split such that no share is sufficient to determine the verification element and can be stored at separate locations. Upon share unavailability, the share can be retrieved a location accessibility. For safe transmission of the share(s), the common secret is generated at two different nodes independently and used to generate an encryption key for encrypting at least one share of the verification element to be transmitted securely.


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