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On-chain governance of blockchain

US10756884B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 2, 2018
Grant dateAug 25, 2020
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Expiry dateFeb 18, 2039

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L9/50
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An example operation may include one or more of receiving a request to implement a modification to previously established governance policies of a blockchain, identifying one or more requirements for the modification based on the blockchain, determining whether the one or more identified requirements are satisfied based on signature data included within the request, and in response to the signature data satisfying the one or more requirements, transmitting the modification to an ordering node for inclusion within a data block of a hash-linked chain of blocks of the blockchain.

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