Methods and systems for creating and using massless currency
US11245653B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 28, 2014 |
| Grant date | Feb 8, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 25, 2037 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L9/302
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Methods, systems, and computer-readable storage mediums are described for effecting practical use of a dual currency which is a currency that can be electronically created and stored, and further for which there is a secret key (e.g., the secret key of a public key/secret key pair as used in public key cryptography) such that: an entity that does not possess the secret key cannot, in practice, create notes of the currency; and an entity that does possess the secret key can, in practice, create notes of the currency without assistance from entities that do not possess the secret key.
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