Experts in innovation
We began as a blockchain research company and are now the only pure blockchain firm in the world’s top 100 most innovative companies.
We have a track record of showing understanding of this technology and how it can be used to help organisations of all types.
Our robust research programme covers blockchain infrastructure, blockchain applications, cryptography, key management, network theory, macroeconomics, and other disciplines.
A global leader in blockchain research and development
3500+
accepted or pending patents
510+
patent families (inventions)
#5
global number of active patents related to blockchain technology
Featured patents
DETERMINING A COMMON SECRET FOR THE SECURE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION AND HIERARCHICAL, DETERMINISTIC CRYPTOGRAPHIC KEYS
Craig Wright, Stephane Savanah
CONSTRAINING INJECTION OF UNLOCKING TRANSACTION BYTECODE (PUSHTX)
Ying Chan, Dean Kramer
IP SEND SYSTEM
Craig Wright, Jad Wahab, Jack Davies
SMART CONTRACT REGISTRY
Craig Wright, Stephane Savanah
MULTIPARTY TRANSFER OF CRYPTOGRAPHIC KEYS FOR BLOCKCHAIN BASED SYSTEMS
Craig Wright, Stephane Savanah
UNIVERSAL TOKENISATION SYSTEM FOR BLOCKCHAIN-BASED CRYPTOCURRENCIES
Craig Wright, Stephane Savanah
OPERATING SYSTEM FOR BLOCKCHAIN IOT DEVICES
Craig Wright, Stephane Savanah
SECURING COMPUTER SOFTWARE USING A DISTRIBUTED HASH TABLE AND A BLOCKCHAIN
Craig Wright, Stephane Savanah
PEER-TO-PEER COMMUNICATION ON A BLOCKCHAIN
Craig Wright, Stephane Savanah
PERSONAL DEVICE SECURITY
Craig Wright, Stephane Savanah
IN-SCRIPT KEY ADDITIONS
Craig Wright, Owen Vaughan
EFFICIENT THRESOLD-OPTIMAL ECDSA
Michaella Pettit
UTXO FOR PKI
Craig Wright, Wei Zhang
Technology licensing
As of August 2023, nChain owns 510+ patent families covering a range of blockchain and non-blockchain inventions, and 140+ families with at least one granted patent. The patent families include over 3,500 patent applications worldwide.
Our licensing programme allows organisations and entrepreneurs to benefit from our industry leading research, accelerating their product development, or enhancing their offering in an efficient way.
Contact us directly to find out more about how your company can benefit from our technology licensing programme.