Blockchains Flashcards

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What is a blockchain?

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A never-ending book to keep track of transactions. Only one book is the book of records, the longest.

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How are transactions stored in the blockchain?

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By organizing transactions in blocks (mining)

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How is a new block produced?

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By solving a cryptographic puzzle that is moderatly hard to solve. The more dice, the more likely to produce a page.

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