Smart contract whitelists
US10832239B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | May 24, 2019 |
| Grant date | Nov 10, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 24, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L9/50
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Implementations of this specification include identifying, by a node of the blockchain network, a request to execute a smart contract stored in a blockchain maintained by the blockchain network, the request identifying a requesting account that is requesting to execute the smart contract; retrieving, by the node, a whitelist from the blockchain associated with the smart contract, the whitelist identifying one or more accounts that are authorized to execute the smart contract; determining, by the node, that the requesting account is authorized to execute the smart contract based on the requesting account being included in the whitelist; and in response to determining that the requesting account is authorized to execute the smart contract, executing, by the node, the smart contract.
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