Personal Blockchain Services
A personal blockchain is generated as a cloud-based software service in a blockchain environment. The personal blockchain immutably archives particular usage of any device, perhaps as requested by a user. The user may thus peruse past or historical usage (such as message logs) and individually select historical messages that are desired for a blockchain recordation in the personal blockchain. Moreover, the usage may be publicly ledgered by still other blockchains, thus providing two-way ledgering for improved record keeping.
1 . A method, comprising:
receiving, by a device, a selection of an electronic message for a blockchain recordation;
querying, by the device, an electronic database for the electronic message selected for the blockchain recordation, the electronic database associating usage information to historical electronic messages sent and received by the device;
identifying, by the device; the usage information in the electronic database that is associated with the electronic message selected for the blockchain recordation;
hashing, by the device, the usage information using an electronic representation of a hashing algorithm to generate a hash value representing the usage information; and
incorporating, by the device, the hash value representing the usage information into a block of data within a blockchain;
wherein the electronic message selected for the blockchain recordation is represented by the hash value incorporated into the block of data within the blockchain.
2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving a listing of the historical electronic messages sent from and received by the device.
3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising touch screen data that corresponds to the selection of the electronic message for the blockchain recordation.
4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising touch screen data that corresponds to a graphical control representing the blockchain recordation.
5 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising generating a graphical control representing the blockchain recordation.
6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising associating the block of data to a device identifier that uniquely identifies the device.
7 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising associating the block of data to a user identifier that uniquely identifies a user associated with the device.
8 . A system, comprising:
a hardware processor; and
a memory device, the memory device storing instructions, the instructions when executed causing the hardware processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
receiving a selection of an electronic message for a blockchain recordation;
querying an electronic database for the electronic message selected for the blockchain recordation, the electronic database associating usage information to historical electronic messages sent from and received by the device;
identifying the usage information in the electronic database that is associated with the electronic message selected for the blockchain recordation;
hashing the usage information using an electronic representation of a hashing algorithm to generate a hash value representing the usage information;
incorporating the hash value representing the usage information into a block of data within a personal blockchain; and
sending the block of data to a cloud-based blockchain service that generates a data record in a blockchain data layer;
wherein the cloud-based blockchain service represents the electronic message selected for the blockchain recordation by the data record in the blockchain data layer.
9 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise receiving a service request for the cloud-based blockchain service.
10 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise associating the cloud-based blockchain service to a device identifier that uniquely identifies the system.
11 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise associating the cloud-based blockchain service to a user identifier that uniquely identifies a user.
12 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise associating the data record in the blockchain data layer to a device identifier that uniquely identifies the system.
13 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise associating the data record in the blockchain data layer to a user identifier that uniquely identifies a user.
14 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise transacting a cryptocoinage in response to the cloud-based blockchain service.
15 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise generating a cryptographic proof based on the cloud-based blockchain service.
16 . The system of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise integrating the cryptographic proof in a public blockchain to document the cloud-based blockchain service.
17 . A memory device storing instructions that when executed cause a hardware processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
receiving a selection of an electronic message for a blockchain recordation;
querying an electronic database for the electronic message selected for the blockchain recordation, the electronic database associating usage information to historical electronic messages sent from and received by the device;
identifying the usage information in the electronic database that is associated with the electronic message selected for the blockchain recordation;
hashing the usage information using an electronic representation of a hashing algorithm to generate a hash value representing the usage information;
incorporating the hash value representing the usage information into a block of data within a personal blockchain; and
sending the block of data to a cloud-based blockchain service that generates a data record in a blockchain data layer;
wherein the cloud-based blockchain service represents the electronic message selected for the blockchain recordation by the data record in the blockchain data layer.
18 . The memory device of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise transacting a cryptocoinage in response to the cloud-based blockchain service.
19 . The memory device of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise generating a cryptographic proof based on the cloud-based blockchain service.
20 . The memory device of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise integrating the cryptographic proof in a public blockchain to document the cloud-based blockchain service.