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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2022
Applicant:
Nchain Licensing Ag, Zug, CH;
Inventors:
Assignee:
nChain Licensing AG, Zug, CH;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/08 (2006.01); H04L 9/14 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/0861 (2013.01); H04L 9/085 (2013.01); H04L 9/14 (2013.01); H04L 9/3255 (2013.01);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method of generating a share of a shared private key, wherein each participant of a group of participants has a respective share of a master private key, and wherein the method is performed by a first participant of the group and comprises: generating a first share of a first shared secret, wherein each other participant of the group generates a respective share of the first shared secret; and generating a first share of a first shared private key based on a first share of the master private key and the first share of the first shared secret.