Abstract: Various embodiments of a technique to securely process and transfer a token in a distributed chain database are described herein. The technique includes receiving a valid call to a transfer function to execute a transfer, intercepting the transfer function call and routing a check function to an authorization service that is executed on a chain database, and determining in the authorization service whether the transfer is authorized. The authorization service includes a state that is controlled by a process that is executed off the chain database and returns a value that indicates whether the transfer can proceed. The system then determines whether to validate or invalidate the transfer in response to the returned value.