Ticketing System

The Ticketing System (TS) is a supporting component in the Circular Protocol reference architecture that can provide ordering “tickets” for coordinating event sequence. A ticket consists of a UTC timestamp plus an incremental counter that increases each time a ticket is issued (and resets on a daily boundary).

The purpose of TS is to help preserve a consistent sequence of events in parts of the workflow where deterministic ordering is useful, reducing the risk of improper sorting that could lead to inconsistencies. It is intended for non-critical coordination points and is designed so it does not become a throughput bottleneck. A ticket may be requested when a new transaction is created or when a new block is assembled.

As a simple metaphor, the Ticketing System is similar to the number used in stores to preserve service order. Different deployments may implement this function through redundant services or equivalent mechanisms.