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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025

Filed:

Dec. 22, 2022
Applicant:

Nchain Licensing Ag, Zug, CH;

Inventors:

Craig Steven Wright, London, GB;

Stephane Savanah, London, GB;

Assignee:
Attorney:
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 9/32 (2006.01); H04L 9/00 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 20/065 (2013.01); G06F 16/1834 (2019.01); G06F 16/27 (2019.01); G06Q 20/3829 (2013.01); H04L 9/0643 (2013.01); H04L 9/321 (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 secure method for exchanging entities via a blockchain is presented. The method comprises receiving, from a user over a communications network, an invitation to perform an exchange of entities; generating a redeem script comprising metadata; hashing the redeem script to generate a redeem script hash; sending the first script and the first script hash on a distributed hash table (DHT); and generating an invitation transaction comprising an output associated with an encrypted digital asset, and a hash of a script comprising an indication of entities to be exchanged, conditions for the exchange, and a public cryptographic key associated with the user.


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