Patent ID: 9298806
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: G06F,G06Q

Claim Text:
1. A system for analyzing transactions in a distributed ledger, the system comprising: one or more physical computer processors configured by machine-readable instructions to: identify compound transactions included in the distributed ledger, wherein the compound transactions include multiple addresses from which consideration is co-spent; determine the addresses from which consideration is co-spent in the identified compound transactions; associate the addresses involved in an individual one of the identified compound transactions with a grouping of addresses; identify the compound transactions wherein consideration is co-spent from an address associated with a first grouping of addresses and an address associated with a second grouping of addresses; determine whether the first grouping of addresses and the second grouping of addresses should be grouped or held separate based on grouping criteria, wherein the grouping criteria define events that justify grouping or holding separate the first grouping of addresses and the second grouping of addresses; and record potential grouping information based on the determination of whether the first grouping of addresses and the second grouping of addresses should be grouped or held separate, the potential grouping information indicating whether the first grouping of addresses and the second grouping of addresses should be associated with a first potential grouping.