Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and apparatus for blockchain encryption
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Application No.: US15381832Application Date: 2016-12-16
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Publication No.: US10601585B1Publication Date: 2020-03-24
- Inventor: Peter Robinson , Eric Young
- Applicant: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
- Applicant Address: US MA Hopkinton
- Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
- Current Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Hopkinton
- Agency: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP
- Main IPC: H04L9/14
- IPC: H04L9/14 ; H04L9/06 ; H04L9/32 ; H04L9/08 ; H04L9/30

Abstract:
Blockchain encryption techniques are provided. An exemplary method includes sending a signed transaction with at least two users to a blockchain; obtaining, by a first user, a public key of a second user from the blockchain; generating, by the first user, a symmetric key by combining a private key of the first user and the public key of the second user; encrypting, by the first user, a data item using the symmetric key; and providing the encrypted data item to the blockchain. The second user obtains the encrypted data item and a public key of the first user from the blockchain, and decrypts the encrypted data item using the symmetric key generated, by the second user, by combining a private key of the second user and the public key of the first user.
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