Patent ID: 11924322
Assignee: ARM LIMITED
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method comprising:
communicating electronically messages descriptive of one or more digital currency micropayments of one or more devices on a network, at least some of said one or more devices comprising: a sensor; an actuator; or a middlebox, or a combination thereof,
said one or more digital currency micropayments occurring in accordance with one or more rules of a blockchain; and
monitoring traffic associated with the one or more devices for conformance with a smart contract and, in response to detecting an attempt by a violating device to make an unauthorized connection in violation of the smart contract, broadcasting at least one digital currency transaction configured to, upon successful validation, transfer an amount of digital currency from a digital currency wallet associated with the violating device to at least one other device of the one or more devices.