Private resource discovery and subgroup formation on a blockchain

An apparatus, comprising:

• a processor configured to:
• identify a registered interest associated with a requestor on a blockchain;
• access a smart contract stored on the blockchain;
• determine a match between the registered interest and blockchain transaction information;
• determine the requestor entity associated with the registered interest has permissions to access the blockchain transaction information based on access control rules;
• and
• create a temporary bilateral smart contract comprising the requestor, and an owner of the blockchain transaction information, wherein the temporary bilateral smart contract provides permission for the requestor to access the blockchain transaction information.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium configured to store instructions that when executed causes a processor to perform:

• identifying a registered interest associated with a requestor on a blockchain;
• accessing a smart contract stored on the blockchain;
• determining a match between the registered interest and blockchain transaction information;
• determining the requestor entity associated with the registered interest has permissions to access the blockchain transaction information based on access control rules;
• and
• creating a temporary bilateral smart contract comprising the requestor, and an owner of the blockchain transaction information, wherein the temporary bilateral smart contract provides permission for the requestor to access the blockchain transaction information.