In the preceding steps you learned about the major purpose of the blockchain and the relation between trust and integrity of the software system. As a result, you gained a well-grounded appreciation of the purpose of the blockchain, but you are still missing a definition of the term blockchain itself. This step will turn your attention to the definition of the term and explain its different usages. This step will present a provisional definition of blockchain, which will guide you through the remainder of this book. Finally, this step explains why the management ...
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5. Disambiguating the Term
Four ways to define the blockchain
Daniel Drescher1
(1)Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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