I'm reading it all from the top but I just wanted to stop and encourage you to continue theorizing and to commend the community for working as problem solvers on this one.
Thank you, I certainly believe our theorizing so far is leading to something which is extremely plausible... it definitely seems to me like a mini-blockchain could indeed work and provide us with that extra layer of security we need without bloating up the network too much. If only I had the programming skills to actually build this system, I am but a mere website developer. I'm hoping someone will give this a shot sooner or later and let us know how it went.