Systems and methods for providing data privacy in a private distributed ledger are disclosed. According to another embodiment a distributed ledger network may include a first node comprising a first node computer processor and hosting a central ledger comprising a plurality of entries for public transactions and private transactions, wherein the entries for public transactions comprise transaction payloads for the respective public transaction, and the entries for private transactions comprise a cryptographic hash digest of a transaction payload for the respective private transaction; and a plurality of second nodes each comprising a second node computer processor and hosting a public database comprising the public transactions, and a private database comprising transaction payloads for the private transactions to which the node is a party.