Abstract: A method for bridging real-world segregated fund accounts with on-chain representations includes receiving, at a meta-layer encoder, balance information from at least one segregated fund account in a physical-space; encoding, by the meta-layer encoder, the received balance information into a format compatible with a repository implemented on a blockchain; transmitting the encoded balance information to the repository; minting, by the repository, a meta-physical proxy (MPP) token to represent the segregated fund balance according to a blockchain token standard; and enabling interaction with the MPP token in a meta-space by one or more entities, wherein the meta-space comprises an environment for decentralized applications.

Abstract: A holster for carrying a pair of skis (35), said skis being coupled together for example by means of a friction fit between the brake of one ski and the brake of the other, the holster comprising: a support plate (1), and a member extending, at least in use, from the plane of the plate to define a carrier limb (5; 33) with which a toe clip of one of said pair of skis (35) engages and on which top toe clip bears to spread the weight of the skis through the carrier limb to the support plate.