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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2026
Filed:
May. 17, 2021
Nchain Licensing Ag, Zug, CH;
Michaella Pettit, London, GB;
nChain Licensing AG, Zug, CH;
Abstract
A computer-implemented method of generating shares of a shared secret, wherein each of a group of participants has a respective first secret share of the shared secret, wherein the method is performed by a first participant of the group and comprises: generating a respective blinding share of a shared blinding secret, obtaining at least a threshold number of respective intermediary shares from each of the first group of participants, wherein each respective intermediary share is generated based on a respective blinding share and a respective first secret share; generating an intermediary value based on each of the obtained intermediary shares; and generating a respective second secret share of the shared secret, wherein the respective second secret shared is generated based on the intermediary value and the respective blinding share.