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Basics

of blockchain
list
growing of records
eachblock contains a cryptographic hash
resistant to modification
distributed ledger of its data
secure shored record
Layman's definition Blockchain is an ever
growing keepingsystem in
whicheach user theofdata holds a
copy the
ofrecords which can
beupdated all parties involved in a transaction to update
only if agree
Technicaldefinition Blockchain is a peer to peer distributed ledgesthat is cryptographically
secure appendonly immutable ableonly via
andupdate consensus or
agreement
amongpeers
Public blockchain Private blockchain's Semiprivate blockchain sidechains
Transactions 1 Sender creates a transaction
2 Bitcoin wallet address validates thetransaction
3 Transaction sentto mempool
4 Miners transactionandstart
get miningtheblock usinga consensus algorithm
5 After the blockisfullymined it is added tothe network
6 The chainvalidates the newblockand
everypeer in the
network will getthe
withthe new blockadded
blockchain

Finally the
7 Receiver
getyourBTC's
Smart contract automatically executable enforceable secure deterministic semanticallysound
unstoppable

Blockchain in Supply Chain Totracetheorigins diamonds to ensure they were ethically


mined example of

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