Secure decentralized video game transaction platform

A system for management of in-game virtual asset transfers via a distributed architecture including a plurality of computing devices, the system comprising:

• a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores at least instructions and a blockchain ledger including a plurality of blocks, wherein each of the plurality of computing devices also stores a copy of the blockchain ledger;
• a network communication transceiver that receives a message identifying an intended transfer and that transmits a new block to the plurality of computing devices, the intended transfer corresponding to transfer of an identified quantity of an in-game virtual asset from a transferor account to a transferee account, the identified quantity of the in-game virtual asset acquired via gameplay of a video game using a device associated with the transferor account by a player associated with the transferor account and used within the video game using a device associated with the transferee account by a player associated with the transferee account upon completion of the intended transfer;
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• one or more processors executing the instructions, wherein execution of the instructions via the one or more processors causes the one or more processors to:
• verify that the device associated with the transferor account and the device associated with the transferee account are authorized to play the video game,
• verify that the intended transfer is valid at least by identifying, based on at least one of the plurality of blocks in the blockchain ledger, that the transferor account possesses at least the identified quantity of the in-game virtual asset,
• generate a hash of a most recent block of the blockchain ledger,
• generate a new block header for a new block, wherein the new block header comprises at least the hash of the most recent block of the blockchain ledger,
• generate the new block in response to verifying that the device associated with the transferor account and the device associated with the transferee account are authorized to play the video game, wherein the new block comprises at least the intended transfer and the new block header, and
• append the new block to the plurality of blocks of the blockchain ledger in response to verifying the intended transfer, wherein each of the plurality of computing devices also appends the new block to their respective copy of the blockchain ledger in response to transmission of the new block to the plurality of computing devices by the network communication transceiver, thereby completing the intended transfer and permitting the device associated with the transferee account to use the in-game virtual asset within the video game.

A method for transferring in-game virtual assets that is managed via a distributed architecture including a plurality of computing devices, the method comprising:

• storing a blockchain ledger on a first computing device, the blockchain ledger including a plurality of blocks, wherein each of a plurality of computing devices other than the first computing device also stores a copy of the blockchain ledger;
• receiving an input via a user interface of a first computing device associated with a transferor account, the input identifying an intended transfer corresponding to transfer of an identified quantity of an in-game virtual asset from the transferor account to a transferee account, the identified quantity of the in-game virtual asset acquired via gameplay of a video game using a device associated with the transferor account by a player associated with the transferor account and used within the video game using a device associated with the transferee account by a player associated with the transferee account upon completion of the intended transfer;
• generating a message identifying the intended transfer;
• retrieving a private key associated with the transferor account;
• modifying the message by encrypting at least a portion of the message with the private key;
• transmitting the message from the first computing device to the plurality of computing devices other than the first computing device, wherein a second computing device of the plurality of computing devices verifies that the device associated with the transferor account and the device associated with the transferee account are authorized to play the video game and verifies that the intended transfer is valid by identifying, based on at least one of the plurality of blocks in the blockchain ledger, that the transferor account possesses at least the identified quantity of the in-game virtual asset;
• receiving a new block at the first computing device from the second computing device, the new block identifying the intended transfer;
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• appending the new block to the plurality of blocks of the blockchain ledger at the first computing device, thereby completing the intended transfer.