Granted Patent B2

US 12,182,805 · App. 17/531,695 · Granted Dec 31, 2024

Inventors: Craig Steven Wright (London, GB); Stephane Savanah (London, GB)

Assignee: NCHAIN LICENSING AG

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Abstract

Claims (52)

1. A blockchain-implemented control method, the method comprising:

deriving a public-key-private key cryptographic pair for a portion of data related to a smart contract associated with an asset, wherein the smart contract is stored in a computer-based resource that is separate to the blockchain;

deriving a signature for the portion of data using the public key-private key cryptographic pair; and

codifying the portion of data to generate codified metadata for the data, wherein the codified metadata is arranged to reference or provide access to the smart contract;

transmitting the codified metadata to the blockchain; and

receiving a signature and a script from at least one user to enable access to embedded data, wherein the script comprises a public key of a signatory.

2. A method according to claim 1 and comprising the step of deriving one or both of the keys in the cryptographic key from an existing cryptographic key pair, by:

determining a first entity second private key based at least on a first entity master private key and a generator value;

determining a second entity second private key based at least on a second entity master private key and the generator value; and

determining a common secret (CS) at the first entity based at least on the first entity second private key and a second entity second public key, and determining the common secret (CS) at the second entity based on the second entity second private key and first entity second public key, wherein

the first entity second public key is based on at least the generator value and the first entity master key; and

the second entity second public key is based on at least the generator value and the second entity master key.

3. A method according to claim 1 , wherein the metadata comprises a hash of the data.

4. A method according to claim 1 , wherein the metadata comprises a pointer to the data.

5. A method according to claim 1 , wherein the hash is used as a primary key in a lookup table where the data is stored.

6. A method according to claim 1 , and further comprising: generating or deriving one or both keys in a cryptographic key pair by:

determining, at a first node (C), a common secret (CS) that is common with the first node (C) and a second node (S),

wherein the first node (C) is associated with a first asymmetric cryptography pair having a first node master private key (Vic) and a first node master public key (Pic), and the second node (S) is associated with a second asymmetric cryptography pair having a second node master private key (Vis) and a second node master public key (Pis);

determining a first node second private key (V2c) based on at least the first node master private key (Vic) and a deterministic key (DK);

determining a second node second public key (P2s) based on at least the second node master public key (Pis) and the deterministic key (DK); and

determining the common secret (CS) based on the first node second private key (V2c) and the second node second public key (P2s),

wherein the second node (S) has the same common secret (S) based on a first node second public key (P2c) and a second node second private key (V2s), wherein:

the first node second public key (P2c) is based on at least the first node master public key (Pic) and the deterministic key (DK); and

the second node second private key (Vis) is based on at least the second node master private key (Vis) and the deterministic key (DK).

7. A method according to claim 6 , wherein the deterministic key (DK) is based on a message (M).

8. A blockchain-implemented control system operative to:

derive a public-key-private-key cryptographic key pair for a portion of data, wherein the portion of data related to a smart contract associated with an asset, wherein the smart contract is stored in a computer-based resource that is separate to the blockchain;

derive a signature for the portion of data using the public key-private key cryptographic pair;

codify the data to generate codified metadata for the portion of data, wherein the codified metadata is arranged to reference or provide access to the smart contract;

transmit the codified metadata to the blockchain; and

receive a signature and a script from at least one user to enable access to embedded data, wherein the script comprises a public key of a signatory.

9. A system according to claim 8 , the system further operative to: transmit the codified metadata to the blockchain.

10. A system according to claim 8 , the system further operative to:

receive a signature and a script from at least one user to enable access to embedded metadata.

11. A system according to claim 10 , wherein the script comprises a public key of a signatory.

12. A system according to claim 8 , the system further operative to generate a hash of the data and to store that hash as part of the metadata.

13. A system according to claim 8 , the system further operative to generate a pointer to the data.

14. A system according to claim 12 , wherein the system is further operative to store the hash as a primary key in a lookup table where the data is stored.

15. A system according to claim 8 , the system arranged to determine, at a first node (C), a common secret (CS) that is common with the first node (C) and a second node (S), wherein the first node (C) is associated with a first asymmetric cryptography pair having a first node master private key (Vic) and a first node master public key (Pic), and the second node (S) is associated with a second asymmetric cryptography pair having a second node master private key (Vis) and a second node master public key (Pis), by:

determining a first node second private key (V2c) based on at least the first node master private key (Vic) and a deterministic key (DK);

determining a second node second public key (P2s) based on at least the second node master public key (Pis) and the deterministic key (DK); and

determining the common secret (CS) based on the first node second private key (V2c) and the second node second public key (P2s),

wherein the second node (S) has the same common secret (S) based on a first node second public key (P2c) and a second node second private key (V2s), wherein:

the first node second public key (P2c) is based on at least the first node master public key (Pic) and the deterministic key (DK); and

the second node second private key (V2s) is based on at least the second node master private key (Vis) and the deterministic key (DK).

16. A system according to claim 15 , wherein the deterministic key (DK) is based on a message (M).

17. A system according to claim 8 , wherein the system is arranged to derive one or both of the keys in the cryptographic key pair from an existing cryptographic key pair, by:

determining a first entity second private key based on at least a first entity master private key and a generator value;

determining a second entity second private key based on at least a second entity master private key and the generator value;

determining a common secret (CS) at the first entity based on the first entity second private key and a second entity second public key, and determining the common secret (CS) at the second entity based on the second entity second private key and first entity second public key, wherein

the first entity second public key is based on at least the generator value and the first entity master key; and

the second entity second public key is based on at least the generator value and the second entity master key.

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