ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,387,205, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Chia Network Inc. (San Francisco).

"Method for blockchain gaming based on a state channel" was invented by Bram Cohen (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes: generating a first transaction configured to spend a first blockchain object representing a first asset, spend a second blockchain object representing a second asset, and generate a state channel object associated with an initial virtual object representing an initial state; transmitting the first transaction to a distributed network for inclusion in a first block of a blockchain; generating a second transaction co...