On-chain governance of blockchain

A method comprising:

• receiving a request to commit a blockchain request to a hash-linked chain of blocks stored on a distributed ledger;
• extracting governance policies which are encoded within a data block of the hash-linked chain of blocks on the distributed ledger;
• determining if the blockchain request satisfies the extracted governance policies of the hash-linked chain of blocks on the distributed ledger;
• and
• in response to the blockchain request satisfying the extracted governance policies, executing the blockchain request and storing the executed blockchain request within another data block of the hash-linked chain of data blocks on the distributed ledger.

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions, that when read by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method comprising:

• receiving a request to commit a blockchain request to a hash-linked chain of blocks stored on a distributed ledger;
• extracting governance policies which are encoded within a data block of the hash-linked chain of blocks on the distributed ledger;
• determining if the blockchain request satisfies the extracted governance policies of the hash-linked chain of blocks on the distributed ledger;
• and
• in response to the blockchain request satisfying the extracted governance policies, executing the blockchain request and storing the executed blockchain request within another data block of the hash-linked chain of data blocks on the distributed ledger.