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Private key decryption system and method of use

  • US 10,644,879 B2
  • Filed: 07/13/2018
  • Issued: 05/05/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/19/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A host computer system comprising:

  • a central processing unit;

    an initialized service instance of a plurality of services;

    a master key loader configured to store an operational master key in a memory device of the initialized service instance;

    a database having an address and an encrypted private key stored in association with one another;

    a web application configured to receive a request for payment to a bitcoin address, the request for payment including an amount of bitcoin to be paid, generate an unsigned transaction in response to receiving the request for payment, the unsigned transaction including the amount of bitcoin to be paid in the request for payment, and request a signing of the unsigned transaction to create a signed transaction; and

    a payment module configured to receive the request for signing the transaction, determine the address corresponding to the bitcoin address in the unsigned transaction, determine the encrypted private key stored in association with the address, decrypt the encrypted private key with the operational master key to generate a decrypted private key, and sign the transaction with the decrypted private key to create the signed transaction, the web application configured to receive the signed transaction, and broadcast the signed transaction over the bitcoin network,wherein the master key loader, the web application, and the payment module are executed by the central processing unit.

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