Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and system for communicating a secret
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Application No.: US17947151Application Date: 2022-09-18
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Publication No.: US12010221B2Publication Date: 2024-06-11
- Inventor: Craig Steven Wright
- Applicant: nChain Holdings Limited
- Applicant Address: AG St. John's
- Assignee: nChain Licensing AG
- Current Assignee: nChain Licensing AG
- Current Assignee Address: CH Zug
- Agency: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
- Priority: GB 07822 2018.05.14
- Main IPC: H04L29/06
- IPC: H04L29/06 ; G06F21/00 ; H04L9/08 ; H04L9/30 ; H04L9/32

Abstract:
A method of communicating a secret (k0, k1) on the Bitcoin blockchain is disclosed. The method comprises sending information identifying secrets selectable by the recipient and receiving a first public key (Ui) of an elliptic curve cryptography system, corresponding to a first secret (Si) selected for access by the recipient and for which a first private key (m) is accessible to the recipient. A second public key (U1-i) is received, corresponding to a second secret not selected for access by the recipient, wherein a corresponding second private key is not available to the recipient. First and second secrets encrypted by means of the respective first and second public keys (X0, X1) are sent to the recipient, wherein the first secret is accessible to the recipient by means of the first private key, the second secret is inaccessible to the recipient, and the sender is unable to distinguish between the first and second secrets.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230179408A1 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMMUNICATING A SECRET Public/Granted day:2023-06-08
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