TRUSTED LEDGER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS
The disclosure relates to, among other things, systems and methods for mitigating the risks of errors, benign or otherwise, occurring within trusted ledgers and/or for validating the integrity of information provided by operators of trusted ledgers. Consistent with embodiments disclosed herein, trusted agents, which may comprise proxy agents and/or test agents, may be employed to examine ledgers and/or derivatives, which may be meshed with other ledgers, to ensure the integrity of information provided by ledger operators. Ledger meshing techniques are described to link ledgers in a manner that improves the ability to verify ledger entries and/or recover from data faults. Further embodiments provide for tagging processes may be performed to give semantic meaning to hashes included in trusted ledgers.
1 . A method performed by a system comprising a processor and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the system to perform the method, the method comprising:
receiving at least one assertion for recordation in a first trusted distributed assertion ledger;
validating the at least one assertion for recordation in the first trusted distributed assertion ledger;
recording, based at least in part on the validation, the at least one assertion in the first trusted distributed assertion ledger, the first trusted distributed assertion ledger being maintained by a first ledger node; and
recording the at least one assertion in a second trusted distribution ledger, the second trusted distribution assertion ledger being maintained by a second ledger node, wherein recording the at least one assertion in the second trusted distribution ledger comprises associating the at least one assertion with a first tag in the second trusted distributed assertion ledger, the first tag identifying the at least one assertion as a meshed entry.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first tag identifies the first trusted distributed assertion ledger.
3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first tag identifies the first ledger node.
4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first tag identifies an entry of the first trusted distribution assertion ledger where the at least one assertion is recorded.
5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein recording the at least one assertion in the first trusted distributed assertion ledger comprises associating the at least one assertion with a second tag in the first trusted distributed assertion ledger, the second tag identifying the at least one assertion as a meshed entry.
6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the second tag identifies the second trusted distributed assertion ledger.
7 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the second tag identifies the second ledger node.
8 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the second tag identifies an entry of the second trusted distribution assertion ledger where the at least one assertion is recorded.
9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first tag is indicated based on a semantic structure of an entry of the first trusted distribution assertion ledger where the at least one assertion is recorded.
10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the first tag comprises a pattern of information included within the entry of the first trusted distribution assertion ledger where the at least one assertion is recorded.
11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the pattern of information is located at a defined position within the entry of the first trusted distribution assertion ledger where the at least one assertion is recorded.
12 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the pattern of information is located at a beginning of the entry of the first trusted distribution assertion ledger where the at least one assertion is recorded.
13 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the pattern of information is located at an end of the entry of the first trusted distribution assertion ledger where the at least one assertion is recorded.
14 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the pattern of information is based on at least one requirement specified by a proof of work rule associated with the first trusted distributed assertion ledger.
15 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first trusted distributed assertion ledger comprises cryptographically linked ledger entries.
16 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the first trusted distributed assertion ledger comprises a blockchain ledger.
17 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the second trusted distributed assertion ledger comprises cryptographically linked ledger entries.
18 . The method of claim 17 , wherein the second trusted distributed assertion ledger comprises a blockchain ledger.
19 . The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first trusted distributed assertion ledger and the second trusted distributed assertion ledger comprise one or more entries derived from at least a subset of entries of one or more other trusted ledgers.
20 . The method of claim 19 , wherein at least one of the first trusted distributed assertion ledger and the second trusted distributed assertion ledger comprise one or more entries derived from hashing the at least a subset of entries of the one or more other assertion ledgers.