On-chain governance of blockchain

A method comprising:

• receiving a request to implement a modification to previously established governance policies of a blockchain;
• identifying one or more requirements for the modification based on the blockchain;
• determining whether the one or more identified requirements are satisfied based on signature data included within the request;
• and
• in response to the signature data satisfying the one or more requirements, transmitting the modification to an ordering node for inclusion within a data block of a hash-linked chain of blocks of the blockchain.

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 implement a modification to previously established governance policies of a blockchain;
• identifying one or more requirements for the modification based on the blockchain;
• determining whether the one or more identified requirements are satisfied based on signature data included within the request;
• and
• in response to the signature data satisfying the one or more requirements, transmitting the modification to an ordering node for inclusion within a data block of a hash-linked chain of blocks of the blockchain.