Introducing Blockchain with Lisp: Implement and Extend Blockchains with the Racket Language

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B. SitnikovskiIntroducing Blockchain with Lisphttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6969-5_1

1. Introduction to Blockchain

Boro Sitnikovski¹  

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Skopje, North Macedonia

 

The blockchain bazaar, by D. Bozhinovski

This chapter introduces some important blockchain definitions and examples. We will see what properties a blockchain has, what it allows us to do, and what it is good for.

Definition 1-1

Blockchain is a system in which a record of transactions is maintained ...