Blockchain
A shared, continuously growing record of transactions, copied across many computers, in which entries are grouped into blocks that are cryptographically chained together so that altering an old entry would require redoing everything after it. In plain terms, it is a tamper-evident shared notebook that no single party owns or controls.
More terms
Chapter 8
Get Chapter 8 free
Subscribe and Chapter 8, on cryptography, opens for you on this site. Invite friends and the rest of Part III opens too.
One email to confirm, then Web3 in plain terms, a free seven-day email course, and an occasional note about the book. Unsubscribe any time.