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{{a| | {{a|crypto|}}A [[blockchain]] is a distributed record of information — transactions, contracts, whatever — stored across a network. Each “block” of information gets its own cryptographic code which is posted to ''every'' node on the network. Thus, you can’t futz with any information on the blockchain unless you can futz with the whole network, which is like boiling the ocean. Once written, the blocks are, therefore, effectively permanent. | ||
Blockchain allows ''parties who don’t trust each other'' to transact in confidence. What’s done is done — what’s on the blockchain cannot be reversed. There’s a permanent record. No one controls it: it’s truly anarchic, like: no government. No mendacious middlemen like banks. just pure, untrammelled ''laissez-faire''. | Blockchain allows ''parties who don’t trust each other'' to transact in confidence. What’s done is done — what’s on the blockchain cannot be reversed. There’s a permanent record. No one controls it: it’s truly anarchic, like: no government. No mendacious middlemen like banks. just pure, untrammelled ''laissez-faire''. |