Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus for managing a distributed environment are disclosed. A method for testing nodes in a distributed system includes configuring a plurality of virtual nodes to emulate a distributed system that is used to process and manage distributed immutable data objects, initiating a test of the emulated distributed system, the test including performing one or more transactions on a first distributed immutable data object to obtain a modified first distributed immutable data object; and verifying the emulated distributed system by comparing the modified first distributed immutable data object with a second distributed immutable data object that has been processed in a validated system.