ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,526,132, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to NCHAIN LICENSING AG (Zug, Switzerland).

"Computer implemented system and method for sharing a common secret" was invented by Craig Steven Wright (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of sharing a first common secret among a plurality of nodes (A, B, C) for enabling secure communication for blockchain transactions comprises: determining, a first node (A) a plurality of second common secrets (SAPC, SAPB), wherein each second common secret is common to first node and a second node (B), determined at first node based on a first private key of first node and a first public key of second no...