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Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2026

Filed:

Jun. 02, 2023
Applicant:

Nchain Licensing Ag, Zug, CH;

Inventors:

Matej Trampuš, London, GB;

Craig Steven Wright, London, GB;

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/40 (2022.01); G06Q 20/22 (2012.01); G06Q 20/38 (2012.01); H04L 9/00 (2022.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/3255 (2013.01); G06Q 20/223 (2013.01); G06Q 20/389 (2013.01); H04L 9/50 (2022.05); H04L 2209/56 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and computer-implemented methods for freezing or unfreezing digital assets on a blockchain. A freeze administration service may send a signed freeze request to mining nodes, which maintain two blacklists of digital asset identifiers: a pending blacklist and a consensus blacklist. The digital asset identifiers may be transaction outpoints in some cases. If accepted by the mining node, the transaction outpoints in the freeze request are added to the pending blacklist, which causes rejection of any transactions using those outpoints, but does not cause rejection of any new blocks that include transactions using those outpoints. If a consensus threshold of acceptances is reached based on hash power, the request becomes an order and the outpoints are added to the consensus blacklist, which causes rejection of any transaction or block containing a transaction using those outpoints.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Trampuš, Matej. (2026). Methods and systems for freezing digital assets (U.S. Patent No. 12763973). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12763973

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