System, method and program product for generating and utilizing stable value digital assets
The present invention generally relates to the use of a stable value digital asset to pay dividends for securities and other financial instruments tied to a blockchain.
1. A method of issuing electronic payments using an amount of stable value digital asset tokens comprising steps of:
(a) obtaining, by an administrator system associated with an administrator, a first sum of stable value digital asset tokens in a first designated public address associated with a first blockchain, wherein the first sum of stable value digital asset tokens are backed by a second amount of a second digital asset maintained by a custodian based on a fixed ratio of the stable value digital asset token to the second digital asset,
wherein the first designated public address corresponds to a first designated public key and a corresponding first designated private key;
wherein the stable value digital asset token is maintained in a stable value digital asset token database stored on a first distributed transaction ledger maintained in a form of the first blockchain by a plurality of geographically distributed computer systems in a first blockchain network;
wherein the second digital asset is maintained in a second digital asset database stored on a second distributed transaction ledger maintained in the form of a second blockchain by a plurality of geographically distributed computer systems in a second blockchain network;
the stable value digital asset token database comprising a log of stable value digital asset tokens including:
(i) a first set of digital asset addresses, each respective digital asset address of the first set of digital asset addresses in the first distributed transaction ledger maintained by the plurality of geographically distributed computer systems in the first blockchain network, the first set of digital asset addresses including a first respective digital asset address for each respective stable value digital asset first token holder; and
(ii) a respective digital asset first token amount for each first respective stable value digital asset token address associated with a respective stable value digital asset token holder, wherein the stable value digital asset tokens are issued by a stable value digital asset token issuer;
(b) obtaining, by the administrator system,
(A) each respective digital asset address of a second set of digital asset addresses for each respective digital asset first token holder of a plurality of digital asset first token holders; and
(B) a respective digital asset first token amount associated with each respective digital asset address of the second set of digital asset addresses, from a digital asset first token database stored on a second set of one or more computer readable media, the one or more computer readable media associated with a digital asset first token issuer system associated with a digital asset first token issuer, wherein the digital asset first token database comprises a log of digital asset first tokens including:
(i) the second set of digital asset addresses, each respective digital asset address of the second set of digital asset addresses in the distributed transaction ledger in the form of the blockchain maintained by the plurality of geographically distributed computer systems in the first blockchain network, the second set of digital asset addresses including a second respective digital asset address for each respective stable value digital asset token holder; and
(ii) the respective digital asset first token amount associated with each respective second digital asset address;
(c) determining, by the administrator system, a respective payment amount in stable value digital asset tokens to be made to each respective digital asset address of the second set of digital asset addresses wherein the payment amount is determined on a pro rata basis with respect to a sum of the respective digital asset first token amounts for the second set of digital asset addresses;
(d) generating, by the administrator system, transaction instructions to transfer the respective payment amount of stable value digital asset tokens from the designated public address to each respective digital asset address of the second set of digital asset addresses with a digital signature based on the first designated private key;
(e) publishing, by the administrator system to the first blockchain, the transaction instructions,
wherein the plurality of geographically distributed computer systems implement the transaction instructions to transfer the respective payment amount of stable value digital asset tokens to each respective digital asset address of the second set of digital asset addresses; and
(f) confirming, by the administrator system, that each digital asset address of the second set of the digital asset addresses received the determined respective payment amount in stable value digital asset tokens based on reference to the blockchain and that the respective digital asset first token amount for each digital asset address of the second set of digital asset address has not changed.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the blockchain is an Ethereum blockchain.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the blockchain is a Bitcoin blockchain.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
(g) notifying, by the administrator system, each digital asset address of the second set of the digital asset addresses of each respective transfer of stable value digital asset tokens to each respective digital asset address of the second set of digital asset addresses.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the blockchain is a Stellar blockchain.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the administrator is a regulated digital asset exchange.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the digital asset first token is a security registered with a government authority.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the digital asset first token is a debt security and the electronic payments are interest.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the digital asset first token is an equity security and the electronic payments are dividends.
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the digital asset first token is secured by intellectual property rights and the electronic payments are royalties.
11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first blockchain is based on a mathematical protocol for proof of work.
12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the mathematical protocol is open source.
13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first blockchain is based on a mathematical protocol for proof of stake.
14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the mathematical protocol is open source.
15. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first blockchain is based on a cryptographic mathematical protocol.
16. The method of claim 1 , further comprising a step of publishing, by the administrator system to a side ledger, the transaction instructions associated with transferring the respective payment amount of stable value digital asset tokens to each respective digital asset address of the second set of digital asset addresses and the publishing step (e) includes publishing the transaction instructions from the side ledger to the distributed asset ledger periodically or aperiodically.
17. The method of claim 1 further comprising steps of:
(g) receiving, at the digital asset first token issuer system, from at least one digital asset first token holder, a payment request prior to the obtaining step (a), the payment request including:
(i) the digital asset address of the digital asset first token holder; and
(ii) a request to transfer a payment amount of stable value digital asset tokens to the digital asset address of the digital asset first token holder; and
(h) confirming, at the digital asset first token issuer system, that:
(i) the digital asset address of the digital asset first token holder is valid;
(ii) the digital asset first token amount of digital asset first tokens associated with the digital address of the digital asset first token holder is more than zero; and
(iii) the digital asset first token holder is entitled to payment.
18. The method of claim 1 , wherein the digital asset first token database is maintained and stored on the plurality of geographically distributed computer systems in the first blockchain network.
19. The method of claim 1 , wherein the digital asset first token database is maintained on a sidechain, separate from the blockchain network, wherein information on the sidechain is published and stored on the blockchain network periodically or aperiodically.
20. The method of claim 1 , wherein the generating step (d) includes generating, by the administrator system, transaction instructions for the first sum of stable value digital asset tokens by updating the stable value digital asset token database to reserve stable value digital asset tokens in the amount of the first sum.
21. The method of claim 1 , wherein the payment amount relates to a dividend to be paid based on ownership of each digital asset first token.
22. The method of claim 1 , wherein the payment amount relates to a royalty to be paid based on ownership of each digital asset first token.
23. The method of claim 1 , wherein the payment amount relates to interest to be paid based on ownership of each digital asset first token.
24. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first blockchain network uses a byzantine fault tolerance protocol as a consensus mechanism.
25. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second digital asset is Bitcoin.
26. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second digital asset is Bitcoin Cash.
27. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second digital asset is Stellar.
28. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second digital asset is Filecoin.
29. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second digital asset is Litecoin.
30. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second digital asset is Tezos.
31. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second digital asset is Zcash.
32. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second digital asset is Polkadot.
33. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second digital asset is Atom.
34. The method of claim 1 , wherein the digital asset stable value tokens are issued by the stable value digital asset token issuer through one or more nodes associated with the stable value digital asset token issuer.