Systems and methods for distributed key storage

A system for implementing a distributed certificate authority using trusted hardware, the system comprising:

• a first verifying node communicatively coupled to a plurality of remote devices, the verifying node designed and configured to receive an authorization request from a remote device, wherein receiving the authorization request further comprises receiving an identifier of the remote device, authenticate the remote device, and generate an authorization token, wherein generating the authorization token further comprises associating the identifier of the remote device with at least an authorization datum, associating the identifier of the remote device with at least a temporal attribute, digitally signing the authorization datum with a physically unclonable function, generating the authorization token containing the digitally signed authorization datum, and storing the authorization datum in a temporally sequential listing.