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What Is the Blockchain?

268 Citations•2017•
M. D. Pierro
Computing in Science & Engineering

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Abstract

Blockchain is a new technology, based on hashing, which is at the foundation of the platforms for trading cryptocurrencies and executing smart contracts. This article reviews the basic ideas of this technology and provides a sample minimalist implementation in Python.