SECURE RETRIEVAL OF OFF-NETWORK DATA BY TRUSTED NETWORK ENTITIES

Abstract

Methods and systems for carrying out secure retrieval of off-network data are disclosed. A computing system configured for operating as a validator node of a network of nodes operating a decentralized network may be selected to securely retrieve off-network data for the decentralized network responsive to successfully validating a new data block of the decentralized network. The computing system may then retrieve a queue entry from a queue, and determine from the queue entry a data source of the off-network data. The computing system may then retrieve the off-network data from the data source, generate a cryptographic verification that it carried out the retrieval of the off-network data, and store the cryptographic verification in a verification data structure configured for providing authorization for data entries to be included in future data blocks of the decentralized network.

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