Non-fungible token (NFT) based digital rights management in a decentralized data delivery network

A non-transitory storage medium storing program code, the program code executable by a hardware processor, the program code when executed by the processor executes a process utilized by a source cacher node for implementing decentralized digital rights management (DRM) within a decentralized network, the program code when executed by the processor causes the processor to:

• broadcast, to one or more viewer peer nodes in the decentralized network, a notification of the source cacher node's intent to transmit a data stream, wherein the decentralized network comprises a plurality of peer nodes connected via peer-to-peer (P2P) connections, wherein the data stream comprises data streamed from the source cacher node to a viewer peer node via the peer-to-peer (P2P) connections;
• record a smart contract on a blockchain associated with the decentralized network, the smart contract associated with the data stream, and the smart contract allowing the authentication of the viewer peer node through the smart contract by an ownership of a non-fungible token (NFT) in order to receive a data key to decrypt the data stream;
• receive a request from an authenticated viewer peer node of the one or more viewer peer nodes for receiving the data stream, wherein a reward from the authenticated viewer peer node is locked via the smart contract;
• generate, an encrypted data stream based on the data stream and the data key to decrypt the data stream;
• and
• transmit the encrypted data stream and the data key to decrypt the data stream to the authenticated viewer peer node, wherein the encrypted data stream and the data key to decrypt the data stream are associated with a digital rights management protocol within the decentralized network,
• wherein the transmission of the encrypted data stream is relayed through an authenticated edge cacher node, and wherein respective portions of the reward are released over a predetermined time interval, via the smart contract, to the source cacher node and the authenticated edge cacher node.

A system comprising a hardware processor and a non-transitory storage medium storing program code, the program code executable by the hardware processor, the program code when executed by the processor executes a process utilized by a source cacher node for implementing decentralized digital rights management (DRM) within a decentralized network, the program code when executed by the processor causes the processor to:

• broadcast, to one or more viewer peer nodes in the decentralized network, a notification of the source cacher node's intent to transmit a data stream, wherein the data stream comprises data streamed from the source cacher node to a viewer peer node via the peer-to-peer (P2P) connections;
• record a smart contract on a blockchain associated with the decentralized network, the smart contract associated with the data stream, and the smart contract allowing the authentication of the viewer peer node through the smart contract by an ownership of a non-fungible token (NFT) in order to receive a data key to decrypt the data stream;
• receive a request from an authenticated viewer peer node of the one or more viewer peer nodes for receiving the data stream, wherein a reward from the authenticated viewer peer node is locked via the smart contract;
• generate an encrypted data stream based on the data stream and the data key to decrypt the data stream;
• and
• transmit the encrypted data stream and the data key to decrypt the data stream to the viewer peer node, wherein the encrypted data stream and the data key to decrypt the data stream are associated with a digital rights management protocol within the decentralized network,
• wherein the transmission of the encrypted data stream is relayed through an authenticated edge cacher node, and wherein respective portions of the reward are released over a predetermined time interval, via the smart contract, to the source cacher node and the authenticated edge cacher node.