TWI757568B - Blockchain-based virtual currency wallet management method and device, and computer-readable recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

A method for managing virtual currency wallets based on blockchain. An electronic device receives an order, and the electronic device obtains a virtual currency wallet according to the order, so that the order corresponds to the virtual currency wallet, and outputs the virtual currency wallet. A wallet address of the virtual currency wallet is given to a payer of the order, so that the payer can pay according to the wallet address. Therefore, when the wallet address receives a virtual currency, the electronic device knows that the virtual currency corresponds to the order.

Description

Blockchain-based virtual currency wallet management method and device, and computer-readable recording medium

The present invention relates to a virtual currency wallet management method, in particular to a blockchain-based virtual currency wallet management method.

The current legal currency, such as the payment system of New Taiwan dollars, is mainly a one-to-many relationship, that is, a bank account of New Taiwan dollars is established in the bank, that is, transfers from multiple orders can be accepted, because all transfers of New Taiwan dollars require Through the intermediary unit of the bank, and the bank will have corresponding transfer records (such as the remarks field/order number), so you can check the account to know who the transfer is. After the transfer, you can easily transfer money from the bank account. Reconciliation in , to know who or which order the remittance came from.

However, in the transfer or payment transaction of blockchain-based virtual currency (or digital currency, such as Bitcoin), due to the characteristics of decentralization and decentralized accounting, the blockchain does not have a “bank” such as a The intermediary unit records the source of the transfer, the object and any additional information (such as the remarks field/order number). Therefore, when there are multiple virtual currency transfers to the payee's virtual currency wallet at the same time, the payee cannot Knowing who the person who transferred each virtual currency corresponds, the payee will only know the wallet address of each virtual currency transferred, but does not know who owns the wallet address. Therefore, after the transfer, it is difficult for the payee to reconcile the transfer records from the payee's wallet address, and there is no way to know which payer or which order each transferred virtual currency corresponds to.

Therefore, the purpose of the present invention is to provide a blockchain-based virtual currency wallet management method, which allows the transaction order to have a one-to-one correspondence with the payee's virtual currency wallet to facilitate the payee's reconciliation.

Therefore, the blockchain-based virtual currency wallet management method of the present invention includes: an electronic device receives an order; and the electronic device obtains a virtual currency wallet according to the order, so that the order corresponds to the virtual currency wallet , and output a wallet address of the virtual currency wallet.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the electronic device pre-establishes a plurality of virtual currency wallets, and records the wallet addresses of the virtual currency wallets in a wallet management form; and the electronic device receives the order After that, the electronic device selects a wallet address whose usage status field is recorded as "unused" from the wallet management form, and updates the usage status field of the selected wallet address to record the transaction An order number of the order, and then output the wallet address corresponding to the order.

In some of the above-mentioned embodiments of the present invention, the electronic device further sets a payment time limit for the order, and after the electronic device determines that the order has exceeded the payment time limit, the electronic device will retrieve the order from the wallet address corresponding to the order. After a payment result is obtained and recorded, the usage status field of the wallet address corresponding to the order in the wallet management form is updated to "unused".

In other embodiments of the present invention, after the electronic device receives the order, the electronic device immediately creates the virtual currency wallet corresponding to the order, so that an order number of the order corresponds to the virtual currency wallet the wallet address and output the wallet address, and the electronic device also records the wallet address corresponding to the order in a wallet management form, and in the wallet management form, the wallet address corresponding to the A usage status field records the order number of the order.

In the above-mentioned other embodiments of the present invention, the electronic device further sets a payment time limit for the order, and after the electronic device determines that the order has exceeded the payment time limit, the electronic device determines the order from the wallet address corresponding to the order. After a payment result is obtained and recorded, the usage status field of the wallet address corresponding to the order in the wallet management form is updated to "unused".

In some embodiments of the present invention, the electronic device has a display, and the electronic device outputs the wallet address by displaying the wallet address on the display; or, the electronic device outputs the wallet address By transmitting the wallet address to a payer electronic device.

Furthermore, a blockchain-based virtual currency wallet management device for implementing the above method in the present invention includes: an input unit for inputting or receiving an order; an output unit; and a processing unit, which is connected with the input unit and the The output unit is electrically connected to accept the order input or received from the input unit, and obtain a virtual currency wallet according to the order, so that the order corresponds to the virtual currency wallet, and a wallet of the virtual currency wallet The address is output to this output unit.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the blockchain-based virtual currency wallet management device further includes a storage unit electrically connected to the processing unit, the processing unit pre-establishes a plurality of virtual currency wallets, and generates a wallet management The form is stored in the storage unit, and the wallet addresses of the virtual currency wallets are recorded in the wallet management form, and in the wallet management form, a usage status field of each of the wallet addresses is recorded It is "unused"; after the processing unit accepts the order, it selects a wallet address whose status field is recorded as "unused" from the wallet management form, and uses the selected wallet address The status field is updated to record an order number of the order, and then the wallet address corresponding to the order is output to the output unit.

In some of the above-mentioned embodiments of the present invention, the processing unit further sets a payment time limit for the order, and after the processing unit determines that the order has exceeded the payment time limit, the processing unit determines that the order corresponds to the wallet address from the order. After obtaining a payment result and recording the payment result in the storage unit, the usage status field of the wallet address corresponding to the order in the wallet management form is updated to "unused".

In other implementation aspects of the present invention, the blockchain-based virtual currency wallet management device further includes a storage unit that is electrically connected to the processing unit, and after the processing unit accepts the order, it immediately establishes a relationship with the order Corresponding to the virtual currency wallet, and make an order number of the order correspond to the wallet address of the virtual currency wallet, and then output the wallet address to the output unit; the processing unit also generates a wallet management form and Store in the storage unit, and record the wallet address corresponding to the order in the wallet management form, and in the wallet management form, record the order in a usage status field corresponding to the wallet address This order number for the order.

In the above-mentioned other embodiments of the present invention, the processing unit further sets a payment time limit for the order, and after the processing unit determines that the order has exceeded the payment time limit, the processing unit will start from the wallet address corresponding to the order. After obtaining a payment result and recording the payment result in the storage unit, the status field of the wallet address corresponding to the order in the wallet management form is updated to "unused".

In addition, the present invention provides a computer-readable recording medium for implementing the above method, wherein a program code is stored, and when the program code is loaded and executed by an electronic device, the electronic device can complete the above-mentioned blockchain-based Virtual currency wallet management method.

Furthermore, an application product of the present invention implementing the above method includes an application, when the application is loaded and executed by an electronic device, the application enables the electronic device to complete the blockchain-based virtualisation as described above. Currency wallet management method.

The effect of the present invention is: after each order is received by the electronic device, in a one-to-one correspondence manner, each order corresponds to a virtual currency wallet only used for the order, and the virtual currency wallet's The wallet address is output, so that the payer can obtain the wallet address for payment, thereby, when the wallet address corresponding to the order receives a virtual currency, the electronic device will know the virtual currency. The corresponding order is convenient for the payee to perform account reconciliation, and the electronic device can also release the wallet address corresponding to the order after receiving the virtual currency for repeated use in After the establishment of the order.

Before the present invention is described in detail, it should be noted that in the following description, similar elements are designated by the same reference numerals.

Referring to FIG. 1, it is a main flow chart of an embodiment of a blockchain-based virtual currency wallet management method of the present invention, which is applied to an electronic device 1 as shown in FIG. 2, and the electronic device 1 implements this embodiment Therefore, the electronic device 1 is actually a virtual currency wallet management device based on blockchain. In this embodiment, the electronic device 1 mainly includes a storage unit 11 storing an application product, a processing unit 12 electrically coupled to the storage unit 11 and an input unit 13 electrically coupled to the processing unit 12 and an output unit 14 . The electronic device 1 can be, but is not limited to, a personal computer, a notebook computer, a tablet computer, a smart phone, and other computer devices with Internet access functions, and the above-mentioned application program product includes an application program composed of program codes. The input unit 13 can be an input device, such as a keyboard, a touch panel, a touch screen or a scanner, etc. The input unit 13 can also be an input device that can communicate with another electronic device 2 through the Internet A communication interface for communication, but not limited thereto.

And when the processing unit 12 executes the application program stored in the storage unit 11 , as shown in step S1 in FIG. 1 , the processing unit 12 can accept an order input or received by the input unit 13 . That is, if the input unit 13 is the input device, the order can be input through the input device and sent to the processing unit 12; if the input unit 13 is the communication interface, the input unit 13 can receive the other electronic The device 2 transmits the order via the Internet, and transmits the order to the processing unit 12 . The other electronic device 2 can be any computer device or server device that generates or forwards the order.

Next, as shown in step S2 of FIG. 1 , the processing unit 12 obtains a blockchain-based virtual currency wallet, such as a Bitcoin wallet, according to the order, and makes the order correspond to the virtual currency wallet, And output a wallet address of the virtual currency wallet through the output unit 14 .

Specifically, before the above step S1, the processing unit 12 will pre-establish (install) a plurality of virtual currencies, such as thousands, tens of thousands, or even as many as one million (or more) according to the actual demand for virtual currency. These virtual currency wallets refer to software wallets that can be installed on computers, mobile devices, or in the cloud. In addition, virtual currency wallets can also be hardware wallets, but this embodiment The main example is a software wallet that specializes in sending and receiving Bitcoin or sending and receiving multiple virtual currencies including Bitcoin. Moreover, the virtual currency wallet of this embodiment does not download the blockchain, but connects to the blockchain through other nodes. Moreover, as shown in FIG. 3, the processing unit 12 will generate a wallet management form, and store the wallet management form in the storage unit 12, and the wallet addresses of the virtual currency wallets, such as A, B, C, D... are recorded in the wallet management form, and in the wallet management form, a use status field of each of the wallet addresses is recorded as "unused". Of course, the usage status field can also be omitted from the wallet management form, without any record of the usage status of each wallet address; where A, B, C, and D are just to simply indicate that the wallet address is not the actual wallet address (The actual wallet address usually consists of a long string of alphanumerics).

Therefore, after the processing unit 12 accepts the order, in the above step S2, the processing unit 12 selects a wallet address whose usage status field is recorded as "unused" from the wallet management form, for example, as shown in Fig. 3's wallet address "A", and update the use status field of the selected wallet address "A" to "in use" and record an order number of the order in the use status field, For example, 10001, as shown in Figure 4. Then, the processing unit 12 outputs the wallet address "A" corresponding to the order through the output unit 14 .

Alternatively, in addition to pre-establishing a virtual currency wallet, in the above step S2, the processing unit 12 can also create a virtual currency wallet immediately after accepting the order, and set an order number of the order, such as 10001 , corresponding to the wallet address of the virtual currency wallet, such as wallet address "A", and then output the wallet address "A" through the output unit 14 . And as shown in FIG. 5, the processing unit 12 will generate a wallet management form and store the wallet management form in the storage unit 12, and the wallet address "A" corresponding to the order (10001) Record in the wallet management form, and in the wallet management form, record "in use" in a use status field corresponding to the wallet address ("A") and record the order number of the order "10001" ".

Furthermore, the output unit 14 in this embodiment may be a display or the above-mentioned touch screen, and the processing unit 12 outputs the wallet address to the display or the touch screen for display for a The payer (payer) records the wallet address or captures the wallet address by a payer electronic device 3 of the payer, such as a mobile phone or a handheld computer device such as a tablet computer or an iPad; in addition, the processing unit 12 also records the wallet address. The wallet address code can be converted into a two-dimensional barcode, such as a QR code, and then the two-dimensional barcode is output to the display or the touch screen display for the payer's electronic device 3 to photograph or scan the two-dimensional barcode. dimensional barcode.

Alternatively, the output unit 14 may be an output interface electrically connected to a printer, and the processing unit 12 outputs the wallet address or the two-dimensional barcode containing the wallet address to the printer through the output interface, Make the printer output the paper printed with the wallet address or the two-dimensional barcode containing the wallet address; alternatively, the output unit 14 can also be the above-mentioned communication interface, which can communicate with a The payer electronic device 3 or a network printer (not shown) communicates, whereby the processing unit 12 can transmit the wallet address or the two-dimensional barcode containing the wallet address through the communication interface to the payer electronic device 3 or the network printer.

Therefore, when a virtual currency is transferred to the wallet address "A", the processing unit 12 can know that the virtual currency transferred to the wallet address "A" corresponds to the record in the wallet management form. This order with order number "10001".

And in this embodiment, the processing unit 12 can also set a payment time limit for each accepted order, for example, 12 hours, and the processing unit 1 judges that the order exceeds the payment time limit, and immediately starts from the order corresponding to the order. After obtaining a payment result from the wallet address and recording the payment result in the storage unit 12, update the usage status field of the wallet address corresponding to the order in the wallet management form to "unused" , to release the wallet address so that the wallet address can be used repeatedly. Of course, the processing unit 12 may also choose not to set the payment time limit for some or all of the accepted orders.

To sum up, in the present invention, when the electronic device 1 accepts each order, in a one-to-one correspondence manner, each order corresponds to a virtual currency wallet only used for the order, and the virtual currency The wallet address of the currency wallet is output to provide the wallet address to the payer who wants to pay the order, so when the wallet address corresponding to the order receives a virtual currency, the electronic device 1 can Knowing the order uniquely corresponding to the virtual currency, it is convenient for the payee to perform the reconciliation operation, and the electronic device 1 can also receive the virtual currency at the wallet address corresponding to the order. The wallet address corresponding to the order is released to be used repeatedly for subsequent orders, so as to achieve the purpose of the present invention.

However, the above are only examples of the present invention, and should not limit the scope of the present invention. Any simple equivalent changes and modifications made according to the scope of the application for patent of the present invention and the content of the patent specification are still within the scope of the present invention. within the scope of the invention patent.

1: Electronic device (blockchain-based virtual currency wallet management device) 2: Electronic device 3: Payer electronic device 11: Storage unit 12: Processing unit 13: Input unit 14: Output unit S1~S2: Steps

Other features and effects of the present invention will be clearly presented in the embodiments with reference to the drawings, wherein: Figure 1 shows the main process steps of an embodiment of the blockchain-based virtual currency wallet management method of the present invention; Figure 2 A main circuit block diagram of an embodiment of the blockchain-based virtual currency wallet management device of the present invention is shown; FIG. 3 shows that the blockchain-based virtual currency wallet management device of this embodiment pre-establishes multiple wallet addresses and records them in a wallet In the management form, the usage status fields of the wallet addresses are recorded as "unused"; Figure 4 shows the usage of a wallet address when a wallet address is used in the wallet management form in Figure 3 The status field will be updated to "in use" and an order number will be recorded in it; and Figure 5 shows that when a wallet address of this embodiment corresponds to an order, the wallet address will be recorded in a wallet management form , and the use status field corresponding to the wallet address is recorded as "in use" and an order number is recorded therein.

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Claims (8)

A blockchain-based virtual currency wallet management method, comprising: an electronic device pre-establishing a plurality of virtual currency wallets, and recording the wallet addresses of the virtual currency wallets in a wallet management form; and the electronic device After receiving an order, the electronic device selects an unused wallet address from the wallet management form, and records the order and the one-to-one correspondence with the order in the wallet management form and only for the order Use the selected wallet address, and output the selected wallet address corresponding to the order one-to-one. The blockchain-based virtual currency wallet management method according to claim 1, wherein the electronic device further sets a payment time limit for the order, and after the electronic device determines that the order has exceeded the payment time limit, the electronic device will start from the payment time limit. After the wallet address corresponding to the order obtains and records a payment result, the status of the wallet address corresponding to the order in the wallet management form is updated to unused. A blockchain-based virtual currency wallet management method, comprising: receiving an order by an electronic device; the electronic device obtains a virtual currency wallet in real time, so that the order corresponds to the order only for the order. a wallet address of the virtual currency wallet, and output the wallet address of the virtual currency wallet; and the electronic device records the order and its one-to-one correspondence with the wallet address in a wallet management form, the electronic device The device also sets a payment time limit for the order, and the electronic device determines that the order has exceeded the After the payment expires, a payment result is obtained from the wallet address corresponding to the order and recorded, and the status of the wallet address corresponding to the order in the wallet management form is updated to unused. The blockchain-based virtual currency wallet management method according to claim 3, wherein the electronic device has a display, and the electronic device outputs the wallet address by displaying the wallet address on the display, or the electronic device outputs the wallet address. The electronic device outputs the wallet address by transmitting the wallet address to a payer electronic device. A blockchain-based virtual currency wallet management device, comprising: a processing unit; a storage unit electrically connected to the processing unit, and the processing unit pre-establishes a plurality of virtual currency wallets, and generates a wallet management form to store in the in the storage unit, and record the wallet addresses of the virtual currency wallets in the wallet management form; an input unit for inputting or receiving an order; and an output unit; wherein the processing unit and the input unit and the output unit is electrically connected, and after accepting the order input or received from the input unit, the processing unit selects an unused wallet address from the wallet management form and records it in the wallet management form The order and the selected wallet address corresponding to the order one-to-one and only for the order, and the selected wallet address corresponding to the order one-to-one is output to the output unit . The blockchain-based virtual currency wallet management device according to claim 5, wherein , the processing unit also sets a payment time limit for the order, and after the processing unit determines that the order has exceeded the payment time limit, it obtains a payment result from the wallet address corresponding to the order and sends the payment result After being recorded in the storage unit, the status of the wallet address corresponding to the order in the wallet management form is updated to be unused. A blockchain-based virtual currency wallet management device, comprising: an input unit for inputting or receiving an order; an output unit; a processing unit, electrically connected with the input unit and the output unit to accept the input from the input unit The order input or received by the unit, and the processing unit immediately obtains a virtual currency wallet, so that the order corresponds to a wallet address of the virtual currency wallet only for the order, and the virtual currency wallet The wallet address of the currency wallet is output to the output unit; and a storage unit electrically connected with the processing unit, the processing unit also generates a wallet management form and stores the wallet management form in the storage unit, and the The order and its one-to-one corresponding wallet address are recorded in the wallet management form, the processing unit also sets a payment time limit for the order, and after the processing unit judges that the order has exceeded the payment time limit, then After obtaining a payment result from the wallet address corresponding to the order and recording the payment result in the storage unit, update the status of the wallet address corresponding to the order in the wallet management form to unused. A computer-readable recording medium in which a program code is stored, and when the program code is loaded and executed by an electronic device, the electronic device can perform the following The blockchain-based virtual currency wallet management method according to any one of claim items 1 to 4.

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