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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2023
Nchain Licensing Ag, Zug, CH;
Ying Chan, Cambridge, GB;
Dean Kramer, London, GB;
NCHAIN LICENSING AG, Zug, CH;
Abstract
The invention relates to distributed ledger technologies such as consensus-based blockchains. Computer-implemented methods for a self-replicating smart contract with termination condition are described. The invention is implemented using a blockchain network. A first transaction including a first script is validated by a node in the blockchain network including a third script, and a second set of field values of a second transaction, wherein the second set of field values includes a copy of the second script causing to obtain the second transaction. The second transaction includes a second script, validated by a node upon determining that a termination condition is unfulfilled, at least obtaining the third script from the first set of field values, and determining that the copy of the second script matches the third script. The first transaction is validated as a result of execution of the first script and the second script.