IP Library Granted Patent US 12665778
Granted Patent B1
US 12665778 · App. 19/282,115 · Granted Jun 23, 2026

Distributed cryptographic consensus-based architecture for state synchronization using redundant verification and deterministic validators

Inventor: Joseph Burke Forster (San Francisco, CA)
Assignee: Domus Tower, Inc.
H04L9/50H04L9/3297H04L2209/463H04L2209/56
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Patent No.
US 12665778
App. No.
19/282,115
Granted
Jun 23, 2026
Kind
B1
Abstract

A computer-implemented system for cryptographically authenticated state synchronization within a distributed ledger uses a digital synchronization agent to irrevocably and synchronously transfer digital security positions and corresponding digital fiat instruments between digital instrument containers. A deterministic supervisory verification framework redundantly executes verification of transfer requests using a quorum of nodes, distributing trust across the network. The system generates priority timestamps using a deterministic consensus protocol that excludes mining operations, proof-of-work operations, and probabilistic finality mechanisms. The system appends the priority timestamps to transfer operations based on consensus, generating immutable execution paths with sub-threshold latency. The system synchronizes digital security position states in real-time with digital fiat instrument states, preventing deferred state synchronization.

Claims (71)

1 . A computer-implemented system for cryptographically authenticated state synchronization within a distributed ledger, the computer-implemented system comprising:

one or more computer processors; and

a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer instructions, which, when executed by the one or more computer processors, cause the computer-implemented system to:

irrevocably perform a first transfer of at least one digital security position from a first digital instrument container of the distributed ledger to a second digital instrument container of the distributed ledger,

wherein the distributed ledger has a hierarchical structure comprising primary, secondary, and tertiary ledgers;

irrevocably perform a second transfer of at least one digital fiat instrument corresponding to the at least one digital security position from the second digital instrument container to the first digital instrument container, wherein the second transfer is performed synchronously with the first transfer,

wherein the first transfer and the second transfer are performed simultaneously and atomically to provide atomic delivery-versus-payment settlement;

synchronize a state of the at least one digital security position with a state of the at least one digital fiat instrument in real time with the first transfer and the second transfer to prevent deferred synchronization of the state of the at least one digital security position with the state of the at least one digital fiat instrument,

wherein synchronizing the state provides real-time gross settlement with simultaneous final transfer of the at least one digital security position and the at least one digital fiat instrument to prevent the deferred synchronization, and

wherein synchronizing the state comprises propagating state changes associated with the first transfer and the second transfer through the primary, secondary, and tertiary ledgers; and

immutably record finality of the first transfer and the second transfer across the distributed ledger,

wherein immutably recording the finality comprises propagating a finality record associated with the first transfer and the second transfer through the primary, secondary, and tertiary ledgers.

2 . The computer-implemented system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more computer processors are configured to:

expose at least one application programming interface to ingest a request from a tokenized state synchronization platform for performing the first transfer and the second transfer.

3 . The computer-implemented system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more computer processors are configured to:

expose at least one application programming interface to ingest a state synchronization message from a fiat clearing platform for performing the first transfer and the second transfer.

4 . The computer-implemented system of claim 1 ,

wherein the distributed ledger comprises a plurality of nodes, and

wherein the one or more computer processors are configured to:

receive a request for performing the first transfer and the second transfer; and

redundantly execute verification of the request using a quorum of the plurality of nodes,

wherein said verification distributes trust across the quorum of the plurality of nodes to prevent single points of failure within the distributed ledger.

5 . The computer-implemented system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more computer processors are configured to:

generate a priority timestamp for the first transfer and the second transfer using a deterministic consensus protocol.

6 . The computer-implemented system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more computer processors are configured to:

generate a priority timestamp for the first transfer and the second transfer,

wherein the priority timestamp is associated with an immutable execution path for the first transfer and the second transfer.

7 . The computer-implemented system of claim 1 , wherein the first transfer and the second transfer are associated with a latency less than a threshold latency.

8 . A computer-implemented system comprising:

one or more computer processors configured to operate a deterministic supervisory verification framework within a distributed ledger comprising a plurality of communicatively coupled nodes, wherein the deterministic supervisory verification framework is configured to:

receive a request for a transfer operation involving at least one digital security position and at least one digital fiat instrument,

redundantly execute verification of the request using a quorum of a plurality of nodes,

wherein said verification distributes trust across the quorum of the plurality of nodes to prevent single points of failure within the distributed ledger, and

wherein the distributed ledger has a hierarchical structure comprising primary, secondary, and tertiary ledgers;

immutably record results of the verification on the distributed ledger, wherein immutably recording the verification comprises propagating a finality record associated with the transfer operation through the primary, secondary, and tertiary ledgers; and

append a priority timestamp to the transfer operation based on consensus among the plurality of nodes,

wherein the priority timestamp is associated with an immutable execution path for the transfer operation, and

wherein the immutable execution path is associated with a latency less than a threshold latency.

9 . The computer-implemented system of claim 8 , wherein the priority timestamp is generated using a deterministic consensus protocol that excludes mining operations.

10 . The computer-implemented system of claim 8 , wherein the priority timestamp is generated using a deterministic consensus protocol that excludes proof-of-work operations.

11 . The computer-implemented system of claim 8 , wherein the priority timestamp is generated using a deterministic consensus protocol that excludes a probabilistic finality mechanism.

12 . The computer-implemented system of claim 8 , wherein the transfer operation comprises steps to:

irrevocably move the at least one digital security position from a first digital instrument container of the distributed ledger to a second digital instrument container of the distributed ledger; and

irrevocably move the at least one digital fiat instrument from the second digital instrument container to the first digital instrument container, wherein the at least one digital security position and the at least one digital fiat instrument are moved synchronously.

13 . The computer-implemented system of claim 8 , wherein the one or more computer processors are configured to:

synchronize a state of the at least one digital security position with a state of the at least one digital fiat instrument in real time with the transfer operation.

14 . The computer-implemented system of claim 8 ,

wherein the priority timestamp is based on consensus among the plurality of nodes,

wherein the consensus among the plurality of nodes excludes mining operations, proof-of-work operations, and a probabilistic finality mechanism, and

wherein the consensus among the plurality of nodes provides the immutable execution path that is associated with less than the threshold latency.

15 . A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving a request for a transfer operation involving at least one digital security position and at least one digital fiat instrument using a distributed ledger comprising a plurality of communicatively coupled nodes;

redundantly verifying the request using a quorum of a plurality of nodes,

wherein said verifying distributes trust across the quorum of the plurality of nodes to prevent single points of failure, and

wherein the distributed ledger has a hierarchical structure comprising primary, secondary, and tertiary ledgers;

immutably recording results of the verifying on the distributed ledger, including propagating a finality record associated with the transfer operation through the primary, secondary, and tertiary ledgers; and

appending a priority timestamp to the transfer operation based on consensus among the plurality of nodes,

wherein the priority timestamp is associated with an immutable execution path for the transfer operation, and

wherein the immutable execution path is associated with a latency less than a threshold latency.

16 . The computer-implemented method of claim 15 , comprising:

generating the priority timestamp using a deterministic consensus protocol that excludes mining operations.

17 . The computer-implemented method of claim 15 , comprising:

generating the priority timestamp using a deterministic consensus protocol that excludes proof-of-work operations.

18 . The computer-implemented method of claim 15 , comprising:

generating the priority timestamp using a deterministic consensus protocol that excludes a probabilistic finality mechanism.

19 . The computer-implemented method of claim 15 , wherein the transfer operation comprises:

irrevocably moving the at least one digital security position from a first digital instrument container of the distributed ledger to a second digital instrument container of the distributed ledger; and

irrevocably moving the at least one digital fiat instrument from the second digital instrument container to the first digital instrument container, wherein the at least one digital security position and the at least one digital fiat instrument are moved synchronously.

20 . The computer-implemented method of claim 15 ,

wherein the priority timestamp is based on consensus among the plurality of nodes, and

wherein the consensus among the plurality of nodes provides the immutable execution path that is associated with less than the threshold latency.