US Patent Issued to Block on June 2 for "Contributor verification in a decentralized network" (New York, Texas, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,647,408, issued on June 2, was assigned to Block Inc. (Oakland, Calif.).

"Contributor verification in a decentralized network" was invented by Daniel Buchner (Austin, Texas), Joseph Seiler (Los Angeles) and Kara Lee (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A digital content contribution verification system in a decentralized network is described. In an implementation, digital content is obtained and a plurality of portions are located from the digital content. A decentralized identifier and verifiable credential are identified as associated with a respective portion of the plurality of portions. The decentralized identifier is resolvable ...