| CPC H04L 67/1008 (2013.01) [H04L 67/1097 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |

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11. A device comprising circuitry, including a transmitter, a receiver, a processor and memory, configured to:
receive, from a network application via any of wireless and wired communications, a registration request including first information indicating a plurality of application-level requirements for a distributed ledger service;
determine, from a plurality of distributed ledger systems communicatively couplable with the device, a first distributed ledger system to serve all blockchain-related processing of the network application based on (i) one or more of the plurality of application-level requirements and (ii) second information indicating one or more features of each of the plurality of distributed ledger systems; and
send third information to the network application via any of wireless and wired communications, wherein the third information indicates (i) a confirmation of registration and (ii) a unique identifier assigned to the network application.
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