CRYPTOCURRENCY VERIFICATION SYSTEM

摘要

A machine and process for making and for using a machine. The process includes receiving, by the computer over a network, a notification of a payment comprising an amount of cryptocurrency and a first cryptocurrency address, and effectuating, by the computer, the purchase by using the amount and the cryptocurrency address from which a first public key can be derived, and applying the computer system to verifying that a digitally represented human or entity purporting to have made a purchase with cryptocurrency is entitled to obtain value for the purchase.

主权项

1. An apparatus, the apparatus including:
a computer system including a digital computer opearably associated with an input device and with an output device and with a connection to an Internet-type network, the computer programmed to carry out the operations of: receiving a notification of a payment comprising an amount of cryptocurrency and a first cryptocurrency address, and then effectuating a purchase by using the amount and the cryptocurrency address from which a first public key is derived, and verifying that a digitally represented human or entity purporting to have made the purchase is entitled to obtain value for the purchase, the verifying comprising at least one of: (A)
receiving a second cryptocurrency address for a second cryptocurrency payment from the first cryptocurrency address, andderiving a second public key from the second payment; or (B)
creating a message,communicating the message to the digitally represented person or entity purporting to have made the purchase, and thenreceiving from the digitally represented person or entity provided with the message a signed return of the message, andderiving the second public key from the signed message; and determining whether the second derived public key matches with either the first public key or the cryptocurrency address of the payment comprising the amount, such that
if there is a match, then producing output indicating verification that the digitally represented human or entity purporting to have made the purchase is entitled to obtain value for the purchase; and otherwise do not produce the output.