System and method for decentralized digital structured data storage, management, and authentication using blockchain

A method executable on a computer-implemented system for decentralized digital structured data storage, management, and authentication within a network, the method comprising:

• providing one or more computer nodes connected to the network, each computer node having a processor and a memory, and at least one of the computer nodes adapted to:
• hold one or more pieces of digital structured data;
• create a reference upon creation or modification of any portion of the one or more pieces of digital structured data;
• and
• broadcast a request to add the reference to a blockchain;
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• providing a decentralized blockchain operatively integrated within the network, the decentralized blockchain adapted to be responsive to the broadcast request from the one or more computer nodes storing pieces of digital structured data to validate the broadcast request, and upon validation, add the reference to the blockchain;
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• verifying the authenticity of the one or more pieces of digital structured data and any modifications made to any portion of the one or more pieces of digital structured data can be verified by selecting one or more portions of the piece of digital structured data to trace through the corresponding references recorded in the blockchain.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing code executable on one or more computer systems in a network for decentralized digital structured data storage, management, and authentication within a network, comprising:

• code executable by one or more computer systems in the network for holding one or more pieces of digital structured data;
• code executable by one or more computer systems in the network for creating a reference upon creation or modification of any portion of the one or more pieces of digital structured data;
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• code executable by one or more computer systems in the network for broadcasting a request to add the reference to a decentralized blockchain;
• code executable by one or more computer systems in the network for receiving confirmation that the blockchain has received the broadcast request and, upon validation, added the reference;
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• code executable by one or more computer systems in the network for verifying the authenticity of the one or more pieces of digital structured data and any modifications made to any portion of the one or more pieces of digital structured data by selecting one or more portions of the piece of digital structured data to trace through the corresponding references recorded in the blockchain.