Decentralized and scalable state management

A system operative to manage a global state in conjunction with a plurality of validation clusters, comprising:

• a plurality of data sets;
• and
• the plurality of validation clusters,
• each validation cluster comprising a respective plurality of storage nodes operative to distributively store the plurality of data sets, so as to create a plurality of replicas of the plurality of data sets;
• and
• communication interfaces configured to facilitate information exchange among storage nodes of the respective plurality of storage nodes;
• wherein each validation cluster of the plurality of validation clusters is configured to:
• (a) generate, using the respective communication interfaces, a cluster-level data structure, the cluster-level data structure comprising a single master hash derived from the plurality of data sets;
• and
• (b) participate in a consensus process regarding the single master hash, so as to reach a consensus, among the plurality of validation clusters, regarding the single master hash, thereby cryptographically locking the plurality of data sets;
• wherein the system is configured to use said single master hash under consensus to detect data incoherency events among the plurality of validation clusters and to consequently affect at least one of the plurality of validation clusters.