Trusted ledger management systems and methods

Abstract

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.

What is claimed is: 
     
         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.