Abstract: A method of scheduling and validating a multiple-participant process, the method including: submitting, by a submitting node associated with a participant in the multiple-participant process, a proposed transaction by sending a cryptographically-protected message to one or more recipient nodes, wherein the cryptographically-protected message includes at least an unencrypted submessage readable by an external node and a cryptographically-protected submessage to preserve privacy from at least the external node; determining, by the external node, an order of the proposed transaction relative to other transactions; by way of at least some of the recipient nodes, validating the cryptographically-protected message; receiving a confirmation of validity of the cryptographically-protected message from at least some of the recipient nodes; finalizing the proposed transaction, as a confirmed transaction, based on receiving one or more confirmations from at least some of the recipient nodes that satisfy a confirmation co

Abstract: A method of scheduling and validating a multiple-participant process, the method including: submitting, by a submitting node associated with a participant in the multiple-participant process, a proposed transaction by sending a cryptographically-protected message to one or more recipient nodes, wherein the cryptographically-protected message includes at least an unencrypted submessage readable by an external node and a cryptographically-protected submessage to preserve privacy from at least the external node; determining, by the external node, an order of the proposed transaction relative to other transactions; by way of at least some of the recipient nodes, validating the cryptographically-protected message; receiving a confirmation of validity of the cryptographically-protected message from at least some of the recipient nodes; finalizing the proposed transaction, as a confirmed transaction, based on receiving one or more confirmations from at least some of the recipient nodes that satisfy a confirmation co

Abstract: A method of scheduling and validating a multiple-participant process, the method including: submitting, by a submitting node associated with a participant in the multiple-participant process, a proposed transaction by sending a cryptographically-protected message to one or more recipient nodes, wherein the cryptographically-protected message includes at least an unencrypted submessage readable by an external node and a cryptographically-protected submessage to preserve privacy from at least the external node; determining, by the external node, an order of the proposed transaction relative to other transactions; by way of at least some of the recipient nodes, validating the cryptographically-protected message; receiving a confirmation of validity of the cryptographically-protected message from at least some of the recipient nodes; finalizing the proposed transaction, as a confirmed transaction, based on receiving one or more confirmations from at least some of the recipient nodes that satisfy a confirmation co

Abstract: The invention relates to a high-voltage or medium-voltage switching system comprising at least one switching unit 1, which has a rotary switch 1A and a drive unit 10 for rotating the rotary switch, the drive unit 1 having a drive motor 9. The drive unit 1 has an actuation unit for actuating the drive motor 9, which is formed in such a way that when the drive motor 9 is operated the rotary switch 1A adopts a plurality of predetermined switching positions. The actuation unit has a switching member 17 for switching the drive motor 9 on and off and a rotatable body 16, as well as an activation element 18, which cooperates with the rotatable body 16, for activating the switching member 17.