Patent attributes
Provided is a data distribution method for a data distribution system which includes a device and a plurality of authentication servers. The data distribution method includes: receiving, by a first authentication server included in the plurality of authentication servers, transaction data including encrypted history information which is history information of the device encrypted using a secure computation method which enables computation without decrypting the encrypted history information; recording, by the first authentication server, the transaction data in a distributed ledger in synchronization with the plurality of authentication servers excluding the first authentication server, when a validity of the transaction data received from the device is verified by the first authentication server; and performing, by the first authentication server, secure computation on the encrypted history information included in the transaction data, the secure computation being computation processing performed without decrypting the encrypted history information.