RECEIPTS OF A DISTRIBUTED LEDGER

Systems and methods are provided for generating a combined receipt in a distributed ledger system implemented by replicas of a network. The replicas maintain a distributed ledger comprising a plurality of executed transactions authenticated using a hash tree having a hash root. Some or all of the replicas cryptographically sign the hash root. A combined receipt for a first transaction and second transaction of a plurality of executed transactions is generated by determining path information comprising a minimum set of values required to generate the hash root from either the first transaction or the second transaction given the first transaction and the second transaction. The combined receipt for the first and second transactions comprises: i) the determined path information; and ii) signatures of one or more of the replicas which signed the hash root.