System and method of securely establishing control of a resource

A computer program product stored on non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processor(s) to perform a computer-implemented method of securely establishing control of a resource in a distributed ledger, wherein the distributed ledger comprises a first shard instantiated on one or more first processor(s) of a first system, the first shard configured to respond to an instruction originating from a first party, the distributed ledger further comprising a second shard, the second shard instantiated on one or more second processor(s), the second shard configured to respond to an instruction originating from a second party, the method comprising:

• creating, by means of the publishing of a record by the first system, the resource,
• wherein the publishing of the record occurs in response to an instruction originating from the first party,
• wherein the publishing of the record is to the first shard of the ledger, and
• wherein the publishing of the record establishes that control of the resource resides with the second party.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processor(s) to perform a computer-implemented method of securely establishing control of a resource in a distributed ledger, wherein the distributed ledger comprises a first shard instantiated on one or more first processor(s) of a first system, the first shard configured to respond to an instruction originating from a first party, the distributed ledger further comprising a second shard, the second shard instantiated on one or more second processor(s), the second shard configured to respond to an instruction originating from a second party, the method comprising:

• creating, by means of the publishing of a record by the first system, the resource,
• wherein the publishing of the record occurs in response to an instruction originating from the first party,
• wherein the publishing of the record is to the first shard of the ledger, and
• wherein the publishing of the record establishes that control of the resource resides with the second party.

A system for securely establishing control of a resource in a distributed ledger, wherein the distributed ledger comprises a first shard instantiated on one or more first processor(s) of a first system, the first shard configured to respond to an instruction originating from a first party, the distributed ledger further comprising a second shard, the second shard instantiated on one or more second processor(s), the second shard configured to respond to an instruction originating from a second party, the system comprising a first system configured to:

• create, by means of the publishing of a record, the resource,
• wherein the publishing of the record occurs in response to an instruction originating from the first party,
• wherein the publishing of the record is to the first shard of the ledger, and
• wherein the publishing of the record establishes that control of the resource resides with the second party.