Compliance mechanisms in blockchain networks
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsPetr Novotny, Jeronimo Irazabal, Nitin Gaur, Dulce B. Ponceleon
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Abstract
A node in a blockchain network may agree, on an authority accept a compliance module from the authority, accept the compliance module. The node may also receive an operation, verify a compliance of the operation based on the compliance module, add the verified operation to a ledger on the blockchain network.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- agreeing, by a node in a blockchain network, on an authority;
- receiving, by the node, a compliance module from the authority;
- accepting, by the node, the compliance module,
- storing, by the node, the module for execution of an operation.
A system comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- a processor in communication with the memory, the processor being configured to perform processes comprising:
- agreeing on an authority for a blockchain network;
- receiving a compliance module from the authority;
- and
- accepting the compliance module, and
- storing the module for execution of an operation.
A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processors to perform a function, the function comprising:
- agreeing on an authority for a blockchain network;
- receiving a compliance module from the authority;
- accepting the compliance module;
- storing the module for execution of an operation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.