ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,549,550, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Block Inc. (Oakland, Calif.).

"Decentralized trust establishment using sentiment" was invented by Daniel Buchner (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Decentralized trust establishment using sentiment documents is described. In an implementation, a decentralized network of nodes is generated. A first entity is associated with a select node of the nodes. A user interface is presented including one or more options at an edge device of the first entity. The options support inputs specifying identification of a second entity, sentiment regarding the second entity, and supporting information...