What Is a Blockchain? How It Works in Plain English
A blockchain is a public ledger that everyone shares and no single party can rewrite. Here is how the chain of blocks, nodes and consensus actually fit together.
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A blockchain is a public ledger that everyone shares and no single party can rewrite. Here is how the chain of blocks, nodes and consensus actually fit together.
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