Granted Patent B2

US 12,335,364 · App. 18/583,677 · Granted Jun 17, 2025

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

Assignee: NCHAIN LICENSING AG

H04L9/0618G06F8/31G06F8/41G06F8/433G06F8/443G06F8/452G06F8/51H04L9/0637H04L9/0643H04L9/3247H04L9/3297H04L9/50H04L2209/56

Abstract

Claims (29)

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

arranging a plurality of scripting language primitives to provide, upon execution, the functionality of a high-level scripting language primitive, wherein the scripting language is associated with a blockchain protocol;

receiving an input or signal from a source and using the input or signal to control the number of times that the plurality of scripting language primitives is inserted into a script;

inserting the plurality of scripting language primitives at least once into a script; and

inserting the script into blockchain transaction (Tx).

2. The blockchain-implemented control method according to claim 1 , wherein:

the high-level scripting language primitive performs an arithmetic operation.

3. The blockchain-implemented control method according to claim 1 , wherein the scripting language is the Script language and/or the blockchain protocol is the Bitcoin protocol.

4. The blockchain-implemented control method according to claim 1 , and further comprising the step of:

selecting the plurality of scripting language primitives from a word set or instruction set of the scripting language.

5. The blockchain-implemented control method according to claim 1 , and further comprising the step of:

saving and/or storing the plurality of scripting language primitives in or on a computer-based storage resource.

6. The blockchain-implemented control method according to claim 1 , and further comprising the step of:

retrieving the plurality of scripting language primitives from a computer-based storage resource prior to inserting it into the script.

7. The blockchain-implemented control method according to claim 1 , wherein the script is an unlocking script, locking script or redeem script.

8. The blockchain-implemented control method according to claim 1 , wherein the script is inserted into the transaction in association with an input or output of the blockchain transaction.

9. The blockchain-implemented control method according to claim 1 , and further comprising the step of:

submitting the transaction to a blockchain network.

10. The blockchain-implemented control method according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of scripting language primitives is inserted into a template script and/or template transaction (Tx).

11. The blockchain-implemented control method according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of scripting language primitives is associated with a label or identifier.

12. The blockchain-implemented control method according to claim 1 , wherein the scripting language is functionally restricted.

13. A computer-implemented system comprising:

a memory; and

a processor arranged to cooperate with the memory to perform the control method of claim 1 .

14. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed, configure a processor to perform the control method of claim 1 .

15. An electronic device comprising:

an interface device;

a processor coupled to the interface device; and

a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed, configure the processor to perform the method of claim 1 .

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