To manage property records using a multi-layered hybrid distributed ledger architecture, identification information for a particular property is obtained and transmitted to at least one participant in a public distributed ledger network for a public distributed ledger layer. Ownership information for the same particular property is obtained and transmitted to at least one participant in a federated distributed ledger network for a federated distributed ledger layer. Transaction-related documents for the same particular property are obtained and transmitted to at least one participant in a private distributed ledger network for a private distributed ledger. The distributed ledger layers are different layers of a property distributed ledger each having a separate set of consensus rules for appending distributed ledger data to the respective layer. This allows for the immutable preservation of royalty terms and conditions for a property or asset using the distributed ledger.

The instant disclosure illustrates how the privacy and security of activities occurring on distributed ledger-based networks (DLNs) can be enhanced with the use of zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) that can be used to verify the validity of at least some aspects of the activities without private information related to the activities necessarily being revealed publicly. Methods and systems that are directed at facilitating the tracking and recovery of assets stolen on ZKP-enabled DLNs while preserving the confidentiality of the tokens are presented herein.

A secure cryptocurrency transactional system for actuating transactions involving electronic gaming machines and cryptocurrency wallets.

System and method are described for creating and validating identities across multiple blockchains. According to an embodiment, a system uses decentralized resources to receive an enrollment request comprising entity information to create a multi-chain identity of an entity and create an account with a global identifier for the entity and one or more decentralized identities (DIDs), each associated with a cryptographic blockchain of a set of supported cryptographic blockchains. The system maintains a mapping of the global identifier and the one or more DIDs created, share the global identifier and the one or more decentralized identities in a digital wallet associated with the entity. In an embodiment, the digital wallet is implemented as an application to be run on a computing device associated with the entity. The digital wallet stores the global identifier, the one or more decentralized identities, and corresponding cryptographic keypairs associated with each of the one or more DIDs.

A diamond asset comprising one or more diamonds and an encryption chip is used to asset-back a cryptographic token that can be used to conduct transactions. The cryptographic token is written to a blockchain using a smart contract that is configured to enable a transaction associated with the token in response to two or more of: a signature by the encryption chip, a signature by the owner of the diamond asset, and a validation of a visual layout of the diamond asset.

Methods and systems are provided for crowdsourced funding via a blockchain system. A token contract, associated with a token issuer, is generated on a blockchain system. Tokens are issued to a plurality of token holders. Each of the plurality of token holders is allowed access to a feedback mechanism associated with the token issuer. A performance of the token issuer in an associated field is monitored to provide at least one performance metric. A dividend is paid to each token holder proportional to a number of tokens held by the token holder after a predetermined amount of time based on the at least one performance metric.

A transaction device is described. The device comprises storage configured to store a first data record comprising first value data and a unique identifier associated with one other device; communications circuitry configured to receive an identifier and second value data from a device; and control circuitry configured to compare the received identifier with the unique identifier and in the event of a positive comparison, the control circuitry is further configured to update the stored first value data in accordance with the exchanged second value data.

A system and method for preventing hacking of blockchain is proposed. The system includes a cryptocurrency owner configured to own a cryptocurrency wallet storing a cryptocurrency, a public key, and a private key, and capable of setting monitoring-subjected data and monitoring-excluded data, a hacking countermeasure system configured to check status of the cryptocurrency wallet by being connected to the cryptocurrency owner to receive the cryptocurrency and the public key, invalidate a hacking transaction when the hacking transaction matching the monitoring-subjected data is received, and allow the cryptocurrency to be traded by opening the cryptocurrency wallet with the private key and process transaction details into a block file when a monitoring-excluded transaction matching the monitoring-excluded data is received, and a blockchain network configured to receive the block file from the hacking countermeasure system and duplicate the block file into a plurality of block files to distribute and store each block file.

Methods and apparatus provide improved stablecoins on a blockchain. The stablecoins are collateralized to fiat-based stablecoins that are loaned to borrowers from a lending pool. Loan payments received from the borrowers are divided into a first portion that buys fiat currency that over-collateralizes the stablecoins and a second portion that pays owners of the stablecoins a fixed rate of interest that does not vary over time.

A method of establishing collaborative breeding parameters using blockchain technology is provided. The method may include providing a first user and a second user. The first user may own a first UIAM (unique identity asset marker) token corresponding to a first genomic asset and the second user may own a second UIAM token corresponding to a second genomic asset. The method may further include providing the first and second UIAM tokens and receiving a Ricardian contract with terms governing ownership rights for offspring. The Ricardian contract may be digitally executed and published on at least one blockchain. The method may further include minting a third UIAM token corresponding to a first offspring of the first and second genomic assets to the at least one blockchain. The third UIAM token may reflect the terms of the Ricardian contract and may evidence lineage of both the first and the second UIAM tokens.