Storage device manufacturing and associated block chain generation thereof

A method comprising:

• generating a first plurality of blocks of a block chain wherein the first plurality of blocks is associated with components of a storage device;
• generating a second plurality of blocks of the block chain wherein the second plurality of blocks is associated with testing of the components of the storage device;
• and
• storing a ledger associated with the first plurality of blocks and the second plurality of blocks on the storage device.

A system comprising:

• a computing device configured to generate a first plurality of blocks of a block chain wherein the first plurality of blocks is associated with components of a storage device, wherein the first plurality of blocks is generated by a device other than the storage device when the components are manufactured;
• and
• the storage device configured to receive a copy of a ledger associated with the generated first plurality of blocks and further configured to store the ledger thereon, wherein the ledger is received from the computing device when the storage device comprises computing power sufficient to generate blocks of a block chain,
• wherein the computing device is further configured to generate a second plurality of blocks of the block chain associated with additional components of the storage device when the additional components are manufactured,
• and wherein the storage device is further configured to generate a third plurality of blocks of the block chain associated with the additional components of the storage device when the additional components are manufacture, wherein the second plurality of blocks and the third plurality of blocks are generated independently and wherein respective ledgers are updated.