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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2024
Nchain Licensing Ag, Zug, CH;
Patrick Motylinski, London, GB;
Stephane Vincent, Luxembourg, LU;
Giuseppe Destefanis, London, GB;
Simone Madeo, London, GB;
Craig Steven Wright, London, GB;
NCHAIN LICENSING AG, Zug, CH;
Abstract
A computer-implemented method to validate a block at a node within a network of nodes implementing a blockchain conforming to a blockchain protocol. This may be the Bitcoin protocol or an alternative. The method includes determining, serially, that each unspent transaction output referenced as an input in each of the plurality of transactions is unique and, based on that determination allocating each transaction in the plurality of transactions to one of two or more parallel processors, and verifying, in parallel, by the two or more parallel processors, that the transactions in the plurality of transactions comply with transaction-level validation criteria. The node also determines that the block meets block-level validation criteria. If the transactions comply with transaction-level validation criteria and the block complies with block-level validation criteria, the block is deemed valid and the node forwards the block to one or more peer nodes in the network.