Distributed ledger object router using nested time signals

A method for processing distributed ledger transactions comprising the steps of:

• initiating a distributed ledger transaction using a client device in electronic communication with a distributed ledger object router by entering input data to generate transaction data (D1);
• generating timestamp data (T1) for the transaction, the timestamp data (T1) identifying a time when the transaction data was acquired, said timestamp data (T1) being derived from a network time signal;
• applying a first hashing algorithm to the timestamp data (T1) and the transaction data (D1) to create a hash value (H1);
• associating the hash value (H1) with the transaction data (D1);
• initiating a second distributed ledger transaction using the client device or another client device in electronic communication with the distributed ledger object router by entering input data to generate transaction data (D2);
• applying a second hashing algorithm to the transaction data (D2) to create a hash value (H2);
• applying a third hashing algorithm to the hash value (H1) and the hash value (H2) to create a hash value (H3);
• associating the hash value (H3) with the transaction data (D2);
• initiating a third distributed ledger transaction using the client device or another client device in electronic communication with the distributed ledger object router by entering input data to generate transaction data (D3);
• applying a fourth hashing algorithm to the transaction data (D3) to create a hash value (H4);
• applying a fifth hashing algorithm to the hash value (H3) and the hash value (H4) to create a hash value (H5);
• associating the hash value (H5) with the transaction data (D3);
• encrypting the transaction data (D1), (D2), and (D3) and the associated hash values (H1), (H3), and (H5);
• transmitting the encrypted transaction data (D1), (D2), and (D3) and associated hash values (H1), (H3), and (H5) to a distributed ledger validator node;
• the distributed ledger validator node unencrypting received encrypted transaction data (D1), (D2), and (D3) and any associated hash values (H1), (H3), and (H5);
• the distributed ledger validator node processing the unencrypted transaction data (D1), (D2), and (D3) and ordering them in a first-in-first-out sequence determined from the hash values (H1), (H3), and (H5);
• the distributed ledger validator node determining the validity of the transaction data (D1), (D2), (D3);
• the distributed ledger validator node transmitting the distributed ledger validator node determination the first-in-first-out sequence and the validity of the transaction data (D1), (D2), (D3) to the distributed ledger object router and to other distributed ledger validator nodes;
• if the distributed ledger validator nodes obtain a consensus majority threshold to validate the transaction data (D1), (D2), and/or (D3) adding the validated transaction data to an immutable persistent ledger data store.

A method for processing distributed ledger transactions comprising the steps of:

• initiating a distributed ledger transaction using a client device in electronic communication with a distributed ledger object router by entering input data to generate transaction data (D1);
• generating timestamp data (T1) for the transaction, the timestamp data (T1) identifying a time when the transaction data was acquired, said timestamp data (T1) being derived from a network time signal;
• applying a first hashing algorithm to the timestamp data (T1) and the transaction data (D1) to create a hash value (H1);
• associating the hash value (H1) with the transaction data (D1);
• initiating a second distributed ledger transaction using the client device or another client device in electronic communication with the distributed ledger object router by entering input data to generate transaction data (D2);
• applying a second hashing algorithm to the transaction data (D2) to create a hash value (H2);
• applying a third hashing algorithm to the hash value (H1) and the hash value (H2) to create a hash value (H3);
• associating the hash value (H3) with the transaction data (D2);
• initiating a third distributed ledger transaction using the client device or another client device in electronic communication with the distributed ledger object router by entering input data to generate transaction data (D3);
• applying a fourth hashing algorithm to the transaction data (D3) to create a hash value (H4);
• applying a fifth hashing algorithm to the hash value (H3) and the hash value (H4) to create a hash value (H5);
• associating the hash value (H5) with the transaction data (D3);
• transmitting the transaction data (D1), (D2), and (D3) and associated hash values (H1), (H3), and (H5) to a distributed ledger validator node;
• the distributed ledger validator node processing the transaction data (D1), (D2), and (D3) and ordering them in a first-in-first-out sequence determined from the hash values (H1), (H3), and (H5).