VIRTUAL CURRENCY SYSTEM

摘要

A system including a network connected to at least one mint computing device implementing a virtual currency mint. The network has a ring topology and includes computing devices that implement a plurality of nodes. The mint issues units of virtual currency to user accounts implemented by the nodes. Each of at least a portion of the nodes is configured to initiate (as a sender node) a transaction with a recipient node that transfers at least one unit of the virtual currency from a sender one of the user accounts to a recipient one of the user accounts. The recipient node validates the transaction, creates a receipt, performs an operation on the receipt to identify a storage node, and routes the receipt to the storage node. The storage node stores the receipt, identifies next storage nodes, and routes copies of the receipt to the next storage nodes for storage thereby.

主权项

1. A system comprising:
a network having a ring topology and comprising a plurality of computing devices, the plurality of computing devices implementing a plurality of nodes, at least a portion of the plurality of nodes implementing user accounts that each store units of a virtual currency, each of at least a portion of the nodes being configured to initiate a transaction as a sender node with a different recipient one of the plurality of nodes, the transaction transferring at least one unit of the virtual currency from a sender one of the user accounts to a recipient one of the user accounts, the recipient node being configured to validate the transaction, create a new transaction receipt after validating the transaction, perform an operation on the new transaction receipt to identify a different storage one of the plurality of nodes, and route the new transaction receipt to the storage node, the storage node being configured to store the new transaction receipt, identify next storage ones of the plurality of nodes, and route copies of the new transaction receipt to the next storage nodes for storage thereby; and at least one mint computing device connected to the network, the at least one mint computing device implementing a virtual currency mint configured to create and issue units of the virtual currency to the user accounts implemented by the plurality of nodes, the user accounts being configured to receive and store units of the virtual currency issued by the virtual currency mint, the plurality of nodes being incapable of creating units of the virtual currency.