Method and system for trading assets and their carbon footprint status

A method for generating a digital representation of an asset for trading, comprising the steps of:

• monitoring, using one or more field sensors of a secure data acquisition system, an amount of carbon emissions generated by the asset, wherein the one or more field sensors include at least one of the following:
• a greenhouse-gas (GHG) measurement equipment, a gas flow meter, a power meter, a carbon emission gas detection equipment, an environmental multifunctional measuring instrument, or any combination thereof;
• collecting, using a secure virtual core of one or more processors of the secure data acquisition system, from the one or more field sensors, carbon emission related data associated with the asset, wherein each of the one or more processors of the secure data acquisition system includes the secure virtual core, a non-secure virtual core, and a context switch that switches between the secure virtual core and the non-secure virtual core;
• calculating, based on the carbon emission related data, a carbon footprint attribute value for the asset;
• submitting the carbon footprint attribute value for the asset to a third party verification authority to obtain a verified carbon footprint attribute value for the asset;
• obtaining a verification certificate from the third party verification authority verifying the carbon footprint attribute value for the asset;
• generating and storing, with the secure virtual core of the one or more processors of the secure data acquisition system, an information package at a report address, wherein the information package comprises at least the carbon footprint attribute value, the verification certificate, information regarding the carbon footprint of the asset and financial and/or operating information of the asset;
• with the secure virtual core of the one or more processors of the secure data acquisition system, cryptographically signing the information package and obtaining a hash for authenticating the information package at the report address;
• inputting at least an asset owner address, an identifier, the carbon footprint attribute value, the report address, and the hash of the information package to an asset smart contract on a blockchain, wherein once published on the blockchain, the asset smart contract defines a birth smart contract and the submitted information is stored on the blockchain at a birth smart contract address;
• listing the asset for trading;
• storing the carbon footprint attribute value associated with the asset in a ledger;
• and
• publishing a plurality of asset smart contracts on the blockchain where each is published at a different time, and each of the asset smart contract after the birth smart contract includes an amount of additional carbon emissions since the previous asset smart contract was published, and a link to one or more of the previous asset smart contracts published on the blockchain including the birth smart contract, wherein the birth smart contract and the plurality of asset smart contracts form a time series of emission reduction smart contracts which define a unique Non-Fungible Digital Twin (NFDT) representation of the asset, and after an additional asset smart contract is published the carbon footprint attribute value associated with the asset in the ledger is updated based on the amount of additional carbon emissions.

A method for trading on a digital asset trading exchange comprising a ledger, wherein the method comprises listing one or more carbon neutrality tokens (CNTs) generated by the method comprising the steps of:

• monitoring, using one or more field sensors of a secure data acquisition system, an amount of carbon emissions generated by a carbon offsetting action in a country, wherein the one or more field sensors include at least one of the following:
• a greenhouse-gas (GHG) measurement equipment, a gas flow meter, a power meter, a carbon emission gas detection equipment, an environmental multifunctional measuring instrument, or any combination thereof;
• collecting, using a secure virtual core of one or more processors of the secure data acquisition system, from the one or more field sensors, carbon offsetting data associated with the carbon offsetting action which generated an amount of carbon emission reductions in the country, wherein each of the one or more processors of the secure data acquisition system includes the secure virtual core, a non-secure virtual core, and a context switch that switches between the secure virtual core and the non-secure virtual core;
• submitting the carbon offsetting data to a third party verification authority to obtain a verified amount of carbon emission reductions;
• obtaining a carbon emission reduction certificate and a carbon emission redemption certificate from an issuing authority in a country in relation to the carbon offsetting action which generated the amount of carbon emission reductions in the country, wherein the amount of carbon emission reductions has a national identity which belongs to the country and is verified by the third party verification authority or the issuing authority, and the redemption certificate prevents further trading of the carbon emission reduction certificate in the country;
• placing the carbon emission redemption certificate in a custody to prevent further trading or use of the carbon emission reduction certificate so that the national identity of the carbon emission reductions stays with the country;
• generating and storing, with the secure virtual core of the one or more processors of the secure data acquisition system, an information package at a report address, wherein the information package comprises at least the amount of carbon emission reductions, the carbon emission reduction certificate, the redemption certificate and information regarding the carbon offsetting action;
• with the secure virtual core of the one or more processors of the secure data acquisition system, cryptographically signing the information package and obtaining a hash for authenticating the information package;
• inputting at least an owner address, an identifier, the amount of carbon emission reductions, the report address, and the hash of the information package to an emission reduction smart contract in a blockchain, wherein once published on the blockchain, the emission reduction smart contract defines a birth smart contract and the submitted information is stored on the blockchain at a birth smart contract address that includes the hash for authenticating the information package at the report address;
• using the birth smart contract and the amount of carbon emission reductions contained therein to obtain the plurality of CNTs by executing a CNT smart contract on the blockchain, wherein the amount of CNTs issued is determined from the amount of carbon emission reductions in the birth smart contract;
• storing the plurality of CNTs;
• offering one or more of the plurality of CNTs for trading;
• publishing a plurality of emission reduction smart contracts on the blockchain where each is published at a different time, and each emission reduction smart contract after the birth smart contract includes an amount of additional carbon emission reductions since the previous emission reduction smart contract was published, and a link to one or more of the previous emission reduction smart contracts published on the blockchain including the birth smart contract, wherein the birth smart contract and plurality of emission reduction smart contracts form a time series of emission reduction smart contracts which define a unique Non-Fungible Digital Twin (NFDT) representation of the offsetting action, and
• if the amount of additional carbon emission reductions in one of the plurality of emission reduction smart contracts is positive, then
• using the respective emission reduction smart contract to obtain an additional plurality of CNTs by executing a CNT smart contract on the blockchain, wherein the amount of CNTs issued is determined from the amount of carbon emission reductions in the respective emission reduction smart contract;
• storing the additional plurality of CNTs;
• and
• offering one or more of the additional plurality of CNTs for trading;
• generating a plurality of listings for a plurality of assets, each generated by the steps comprising:
• calculating, based on a default standard or based on carbon emission related data, a carbon footprint attribute value for an asset;
• obtaining a verification certificate from the third party verification authority verifying the carbon footprint attribute value for the asset;
• generating and storing an information package at the report address, wherein the information package comprises at least the carbon footprint attribute value, the verification certificate, information regarding the carbon footprint of the asset and financial and/or operating information of the asset;
• cryptographically signing the information package and obtaining the hash for authenticating the information package;
• inputting at least an asset owner address, an identifier, the carbon footprint attribute value, the report address, and the hash of the information package to an asset smart contract on a blockchain, wherein once published on the blockchain, the asset smart contract defines the birth smart contract and the submitted information is stored on the blockchain at the birth smart contract address;
• listing the asset for trading;
• storing the carbon footprint attribute value associated with the asset in a ledger;
• and
• publishing a plurality of asset smart contracts on the blockchain where each is published at a different time, and each asset smart contract after the birth smart contract includes an amount of additional carbon emissions since the previous asset smart contract was published, and a link to one or more of the previous asset smart contracts published on the blockchain including the birth smart contract, wherein the birth smart contract and plurality of asset smart contracts form a time series of emission reduction smart contracts which define a unique NFDT representation of the asset, and after an additional asset smart contract is published the carbon footprint attribute value associated with the asset in the ledger is updated based on the amount of additional carbon emissions, and
• updating the ledger when a trader purchases a share of a listed asset by updating a carbon footprint attribute value for the trader stored in the ledger based on the total carbon footprint attribute value associated with the listed asset, and/or updating the ledger when a trader purchases one or more CNTs wherein the carbon footprint attribute value for the trader stored in the ledger is updated based on a number of the one or more CNTs purchased.

A method for generating a Non-Fungible Digital Twin (NFDT) of an asset comprising the steps of:

• monitoring, using one or more field sensors of a secure data acquisition system, an amount of carbon emissions generated by a asset, wherein the one or more field sensors include at least one of the following:
• a greenhouse-gas (GHG) measurement equipment, a gas flow meter, a power meter, a carbon emission gas detection equipment, an environmental multifunctional measuring instrument, or any combination thereof;
• collecting, using a secure virtual core of one or more processors of the secure data acquisition system, from the one or more field sensors, asset data associated with the amount of carbon emissions generated by the asset, wherein each of the one or more processors of the secure data acquisition system includes the secure virtual core, a non-secure virtual core, and a context switch that switches between the secure virtual core and the non-secure virtual core;
• generating and storing, with the secure virtual core of the one or more processors of the secure data acquisition system, an information package at a report address, wherein the information package comprises information regarding the asset including at least one attribute value associated with the asset;
• with the secure virtual core of the one or more processors of the secure data acquisition system, cryptographically signing the information package and obtaining a hash for authenticating the information package at the report address;
• inputting at least an owner address, an identifier, the at least one attribute value, the report address, and the hash of the information package to an asset smart contract in a blockchain, wherein once published on the blockchain, the smart contract defines a birth smart contract and the submitted information is stored on the blockchain at a birth smart contract address;
• using the birth smart contract to obtain a plurality of Asset Backed Tokens (ABTs) by executing an ABT smart contract on the blockchain, wherein the amount of ABTs issued is determined from the at least one attribute value in the birth smart contract;
• storing the plurality of ABTs;
• offering one or more of the plurality of ABTs for trading;
• and
• publishing a plurality of asset smart contracts on the blockchain where each is published at a different time, wherein the value of the at least one attribute value in each asset smart contract after the birth smart contract is the change in the value since the previous asset smart contract was published, and a link to one or more of the previous asset smart contracts published on the blockchain including the birth smart contract, and each smart contract is used to issue, store, and offer a plurality of ABTs based on the value in the respective smart contract, wherein the birth smart contract and plurality of emission asset contracts form a time series of asset smart contracts which define a unique NFDT representation of the asset.