Consensus automation

Apparatus comprising:

• one or more processors, and
• memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the apparatus to:
• retrieve update rules stored in a distributed ledger from the distributed ledger;
• check whether or not a received initial transaction fulfills all the retrieved update rules;
• create a block comprising the initial transaction if the initial transaction fulfills all the retrieved update rules;
• broadcast the block into a network of the distributed ledger,
• characterized in that
• the initial transaction requests to modify an intent of a slice;
• at least one of the update rules constrains the intent of the slice or the modifying of the intent of the slice;
• the intent of the slice comprises the update rules or an update validation rule;
• the update validation rule defines a condition for validating the initial transaction based on acceptance or non-acceptance of the initial transaction by at least one participant of the distributed ledger.

Apparatus comprising:

• one or more processors, and
• memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the apparatus to:
• check whether or not a distributed ledger comprises an update validation rule relevant for an initial transaction comprised in a block received by a participant of the distributed ledger from a network of the distributed ledger;
• determine whether or not the participant accepts the initial transaction if the distributed ledger comprises the update validation rule;
• create a validation part transaction comprising the result of the determining if the distributed ledger comprises the update validation rule and the participant accepts the initial transaction;
• broadcast the validation part transaction into the network of the distributed ledger, characterized in that
• the initial transaction requests to modify an intent of a slice;
• the intent of the slice comprises an update rule or the update validation rule;
• the update rule defines a condition for updating the intent of the slice;
• the update validation rule defines a condition for validating the initial transaction based on acceptance or non-acceptance of the initial transaction by at least one of the participants of the distributed ledger.

Apparatus comprising:

• one or more processors, and
• memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the apparatus to:
• check whether or not a distributed ledger comprises one or more update validation rules relevant for an initial transaction comprised in a block received by a participant of the distributed ledger from a network of the distributed ledger;
• retrieve the one or more relevant update validation rules stored in the distributed ledger;
• determine, based on one or more validation part transactions referencing the initial transaction received in one or more blocks from the network of the distributed ledger, whether or not all the retrieved update validation rules are fulfilled for the initial transaction;
• create a global validation transaction comprising the received validation part transactions if all the retrieved update validation rules are fulfilled for the initial transaction;
• broadcast the global validation transaction into the network of the distributed ledger, characterized in that
• the initial transaction requests to modify an intent of a slice;
• each of the update validation rules defines at least one of the following conditions for validating the initial transaction:
• not more than a respective first number of received validation part transactions indicates that the initial transaction is not accepted by a respective participant of the distributed ledger;
• or
• at least a respective second number of received validation part transactions indicates that the initial transaction is accepted by a respective participant of the distributed ledger;
• the intent of the slice comprises an update rule or the update validation rules;
• the update rule defines a condition for updating the intent of the slice;
• the update validation rules define a condition for validating the initial transaction based on acceptance or non-acceptance of the initial transaction by at least one of the participants of the distributed ledger.