The embodiment of the invention provides a license authentication method and device, electronic equipment and a storage medium, and the method comprises the steps: obtaining an authentication instruction input by an authentication user, wherein the authentication instruction comprises a copy license, an identifier of an original license and an authentication type, and the authentication type comprises content authentication and file authentication; Determining an original certificate and an authentication type according to the authentication instruction; When the authentication type is contentauthentication, determining first authentication information in a copy certificate corresponding to the content authentication; When it is judged that the authentication user is allowed to check theoriginal certificate corresponding to the identifier of the original certificate, determining first authentication information of the original certificate corresponding to the content authentication in the regional block chain network by utilizing a preset smart contract; Comparing whether the first authentication information in the copy certificate is consistent with the first authentication information in the original certificate or not; And if yes, determining that the copy certificate and the original certificate are certificates with the same content. According to the invention, the certificate is authenticated according to the authentication instruction of the authentication user.