Method and device for checking a situation in a decentralized transaction system

A non-transitory machine-readable memory medium, on which is stored a computer program for checking a situation in a decentralized transaction system, the computer program, when executed by a computer, causing the computer to perform:

• recognizing the situation by a first device in the transaction system;
• recording the situation by the first device with the aid of the transaction system;
• prompting additional devices in the transaction system are prompted by the first device to detect particular data;
• detecting the data by the additional devices;
• recording the detected data by the additional devices with the aid of the transaction system;
• and
• confirming or disconfirming the situation in the transaction system based on the recorded data.

A device configured to check a situation in a decentralized transaction system, the device configured to:

• recognize the situation by a first device in the transaction system;
• record the situation by the first device with the aid of the transaction system;
• prompt additional devices in the transaction system are prompted by the first device to detect particular data;
• detect the data by the additional devices;
• record the detected data by the additional devices with the aid of the transaction system;
• and
• confirm or disconfirm the situation in the transaction system based on the recorded data.