A patent filed on Thursday by Mastercard (NYSE:MA) provides details on a “method [...] for anonymization of electronic transactions via blockchain”, according to the record from the US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO).
The structure of the blockchain calls for something known as an “anonymization request,” which involves the production of a signature proving a transaction to the destination account and the obfuscation of all public data related to the transaction.
This essentially creates...
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