Methods and arrangements are provided for handling, within a
communications system comprising a distributed domain (301) and a central
domain (303), electronic records that contain predictions of the outcome
of a certain incident. Within the distributed domain (301), a multitude
of electronic records are generated that contain predictions of the
outcome of the incident and are conveyed (305) from the distributed
domain (301) to the central domain (303). Each of the electronic records
is furnished (304, 401, 502, 902, 1202, 1911), within the distributed
domain (301), with a cryptographically protected proof of a certain
moment of time associated with the generation of the electronic record.
The central domain (303) accepts (306, 1430, 2011) only those of the
electronic records conveyed thereto as valid for which the
cryptographically protected proof of a certain moment of time associated
with the generation of the electronic record shows that said certain
moment of time was not later in time than a certain time limit.