Abstract: A method and apparatus for authenticating a physical asset is provided. The method includes obtaining information from a tag associated with the physical asset, wherein the information includes a uniform resource locater (URL) and encrypted information, wherein the encrypted information corresponds to a cryptographic token on a distributed ledger and information about the physical asset. The method further includes transmitting a first message towards an authentication server based on the URL, wherein the first message comprises the encrypted information. The method further includes receiving a second message from the authentication server, the second message comprising an indication of authenticity of the physical asset.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for authenticating a physical asset is provided. The method includes obtaining information from a tag associated with the physical asset, wherein the information includes a uniform resource locater (URL) and encrypted information, wherein the encrypted information corresponds to a cryptographic token on a distributed ledger and information about the physical asset. The method further includes transmitting a first message towards an authentication server based on the URL, wherein the first message comprises the encrypted information. The method further includes receiving a second message from the authentication server, the second message comprising an indication of authenticity of the physical asset.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for generating a deterministic model for scheduling requests to a distributed ledger network to record transactions in a distributed ledger, and further for optimizing transaction parameters based on prior performance of the distributed ledger network, characteristics of the data being recorded, and user-supplied parameters restricting transaction costs and wait times. Based on the model outputs, the system selects a gas price and a time to submit the request in order to optimize the processing of the request. The system is adaptable to processing groups of documents, such as publications, to be recorded, according to a deterministic selection of the next document, to a sequence of the documents, or to a time limit by which each document must be recorded.