An apparatus, comprising: a portion of an instance of a distributed database at a first compute device configured to be included within a plurality of compute devices (110, 120, 130, 140) that implement via a network operatively coupled to the plurality of compute devices (110, 120, 130, 140), the distributed database that includes a first record logically related to a first public key associated with the first compute device; and a processor of the first compute device operatively coupled to the portion of the instance of the distributed database, the processor configured to: receive from a second compute device from the plurality of compute devices (110, 120, 130, 140), a first public key associated with the second compute device and encrypted with the first public key associated with the first compute device and logically related to a second record of the distributed database; decrypt, at the first compute device, the first public key associated with the second compute device with a private key paired to the first public key associated with the first compute device; send to the second compute device a second public key associated with the first compute device, logically related to a third record of the distributed database and encrypted with a second public key associated with the second compute device and logically related to a fourth record of the distributed database; define a transfer command by executing a lexicographical comparison between the second public key associated with the first compute device and the first public key associated with the second compute device; and send a signal to post into the distributed database the transfer command configured to transfer a value from the first record to one of the second record or the third record based on the lexicographical comparison and from the fourth record to one of the second record or the third record based on the lexicographical comparison, the transfer command signed with the private key. a portion of an instance of a distributed database at a first compute device configured to be included within a plurality of compute devices (110, 120, 130, 140) that implement via a network operatively coupled to the plurality of compute devices (110, 120, 130, 140), the distributed database that includes a first record logically related to a first public key associated with the first compute device; and a processor of the first compute device operatively coupled to the portion of the instance of the distributed database, the processor configured to: receive from a second compute device from the plurality of compute devices (110, 120, 130, 140), a first public key associated with the second compute device and encrypted with the first public key associated with the first compute device and logically related to a second record of the distributed database; decrypt, at the first compute device, the first public key associated with the second compute device with a private key paired to the first public key associated with the first compute device; send to the second compute device a second public key associated with the first compute device, logically related to a third record of the distributed database and encrypted with a second public key associated with the second compute device and logically related to a fourth record of the distributed database; define a transfer command by executing a lexicographical comparison between the second public key associated with the first compute device and the first public key associated with the second compute device; and send a signal to post into the distributed database the transfer command configured to transfer a value from the first record to one of the second record or the third record based on the lexicographical comparison and from the fourth record to one of the second record or the third record based on the lexicographical comparison, the transfer command signed with the private key. receive from a second compute device from the plurality of compute devices (110, 120, 130, 140), a first public key associated with the second compute device and encrypted with the first public key associated with the first compute device and logically related to a second record of the distributed database; decrypt, at the first compute device, the first public key associated with the second compute device with a private key paired to the first public key associated with the first compute device; send to the second compute device a second public key associated with the first compute device, logically related to a third record of the distributed database and encrypted with a second public key associated with the second compute device and logically related to a fourth record of the distributed database; define a transfer command by executing a lexicographical comparison between the second public key associated with the first compute device and the first public key associated with the second compute device; and send a signal to post into the distributed database the transfer command configured to transfer a value from the first record to one of the second record or the third record based on the lexicographical comparison and from the fourth record to one of the second record or the third record based on the lexicographical comparison, the transfer command signed with the private key.