Blockchain autonomous agents

A computer system for associating user identity with an autonomous agent embodied on a blockchain stored in a blockchain network, the computer system including one or more hardware processors configured to:

• effect a user authentication process by which a set of one or more verified identity attributes of a user is obtained;
• compute an identity hash, by applying a hash function to input data comprising the set of verified identity attributes;
• and
• send to a blockchain network a data package comprising the identity hash and an identifier of the autonomous agent, wherein the autonomous agent is embodied on the blockchain as program code and at least one associated state register for storing associated program state, and wherein the data package causes at least a portion of the autonomous agent's program code to be executed on a node of the blockchain network, which upon execution stores the identity hash in the at least one state register of the autonomous agent.

One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media comprising computer executable instructions for associating user identity with an autonomous agent embodied on a blockchain stored in a blockchain network, wherein the computer executable instructions when executed on one or more processors cause the one or more processors to:

• effect a user authentication process by which a set of one or more verified identity attributes of a user is obtained;
• compute an identity hash, by applying a hash function to input data comprising the set of verified identity attributes;
• and
• send to a blockchain network a data package comprising the identity hash and an identifier of the autonomous agent, wherein the autonomous agent is embodied on the blockchain as program code and at least one associated state register for storing associated program state, and wherein the data package causes at least a portion of the autonomous agent's program code to be executed on a node of the blockchain network, which upon execution stores the identity hash in the at least one state register of the autonomous agent.