Computer-implemented systems and methods for combining blockchain technology with digital twins

A computer-implemented method for a blockchain network, the computer-implemented method comprising:

• receiving data at a node of the blockchain network, wherein said data is generated by a digital twin or derived from data generated by the digital twin;
• storing said data in the blockchain;
• wherein the data stored in the blockchain comprises the data generated by the digital twin thereby providing a historical record in the blockchain of data generated by the digital twin;
• receiving transactions comprising data generated by the digital twin;
• validating said transactions at a transaction validation node in the blockchain network;
• maintaining a mempool of validated transactions with other transaction validation nodes in the blockchain network by means of a distributed hash table;
• distributing data corresponding to validated transaction hashes to the blockchain network for mining;
• receiving mined data from the blockchain network corresponding to said validated transaction hashes;
• assembling pre-blocks based on said mined data;
• sending the pre-blocks to the transaction validation node;
• validating said pre-blocks by the validation node;
• and
• storing the pre-blocks on the blockchain network.