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But since then, it has evolved into something greater, and the main question every single person is asking is: What is Blockchain? By allowing digital information to be distributed but not copied, blockchain technology created the backbone of a new type of internet. Originally devised for the,, the tech community is now finding other potential uses for the technology. Bitcoin has been called “digital gold,” and for a good reason. To date, the total value of the currency is close to $9 billion US. And blockchains can make other types of digital value. Like the internet (or your car), you don’t need to know how the blockchain works to use it. However, having a basic knowledge of this new technology shows why it’s considered revolutionary. So, we hope you enjoy this, what is Blockchain guide. What is Blockchain Technology? Start Your Free Trial Today Information held on a blockchain exists as a shared — and continually reconciled — database. This is a way of using the network that has obvious benefits. The blockchain database isn’t stored in any single location, meaning the records it keeps are truly public and easily verifiable. No centralized version of this information exists for a hacker to corrupt. Hosted by millions of computers simultaneously, its data is accessible to anyone on the internet. To go in deeper with the Google spreadsheet analogy, I would like you to read this piece from a blockchain specialist. Blockchain as Google Docs. “The traditional way of sharing documents with collaboration is to send a Microsoft Word document to another recipient, and ask them to make revisions to it. The problem with that scenario is that you need to wait until receiving a return copy before you can see or make other changes because you are locked out of editing it until the other person is done with it. That’s how databases work today. Two owners can’t be messing with the same record at once.That’s how banks maintain money balances and transfers; they briefly lock access (or decrease the balance) while they make a transfer, then update the other side, then re-open access (or update again).With Google Docs (or Google Sheets), both parties have access to the same document at the same time, and the single version of that document is always visible to both of them. It is like a shared ledger, but it is a shared document. The distributed part comes into play when sharing involves a number of people. Imagine the number of legal documents that should be used that way. Instead of passing them to each other, losing track of versions, and not being in sync with the other version, why can’t *all* business documents become shared instead of transferred back and forth? So many types of legal contracts would be ideal for that kind of workflow.You don’t need a blockchain to share documents, but the shared documents analogy is a powerful one.” Blockchain Durability and robustness Blockchain technology is like the internet in that it has a built-in robustness. By storing blocks of information that are identical across its network, the blockchain cannot: • Be controlled by any single entity. • Has no single point of failure. Bitcoin was invented in 2008. Since that time, the Bitcoin blockchain has operated without significant disruption. (To date, any of problems associated with Bitcoin have been due to hacking or mismanagement. In other words, these problems come from bad intention and human error, not flaws in the underlying concepts.) The internet itself has proven to be durable for almost 30 years. It’s a track record that bodes well for blockchain technology as it continues to be developed. “As revolutionary as it sounds, Blockchain truly is a mechanism to bring everyone to the highest degree of accountability. No more missed transactions, human or machine errors, or even an exchange that was not done with the consent of the parties involved. Above anything else, the most critical area where Blockchain helps is to guarantee the validity of a transaction by recording it not only on a main register but a connected distributed system of registers, all of which are connected through a secure validation mechanism.” –| Author| Technology Futurist Transparent and incorruptible The blockchain network lives in a state of consensus, one that automatically checks in with itself every ten minutes. A kind of self-auditing ecosystem of a digital value, the network reconciles every transaction that happens in ten-minute intervals. Each group of these transactions is referred to as a “block”. Two important properties result from this: • Transparency data is embedded within the network as a whole, by definition it is public. • It cannot be corrupted altering any unit of information on the blockchain would mean using a huge amount of computing power to override the entire network. In theory, this could be possible. In practice, it’s unlikely to happen. Taking control of the system to capture Bitcoins, for instance, would also have the effect of destroying their value. “Blockchain solves the problem of manipulation. When I speak about it in the West, people say they trust Google, Facebook, or their banks. But the rest of the world doesn’t trust organizations and corporations that much — I mean Africa, India, the Eastern Europe, or Russia. It’s not about the places where people are really rich. Blockchain’s opportunities are the highest in the countries that haven’t reached that level yet.” A network of nodes A network of so-called computing “nodes” make up the blockchain. Node (computer connected to the blockchain network using a client that performs the task of validating and relaying transactions) gets a copy of the blockchain, which gets downloaded automatically upon joining the blockchain network. Together they create a powerful second-level network, a wholly different vision for how the internet can function. Every node is an “administrator” of the blockchain, and joins the network voluntarily (in this sense, the network is decentralized). However, each one has an incentive for participating in the network: the chance of winning Bitcoins. Nodes are said to be “mining” Bitcoin, but the term is something of a misnomer. In fact, each one is competing to win Bitcoins by solving computational puzzles. Bitcoin was the raison d’etre of the blockchain as it was originally conceived. It’s now recognized to be only the first of many potential applications of the technology. There are an estimated 700 Bitcoin-like (exchangeable value tokens) already available. As well, a range of other potential adaptations of the original blockchain concept are currently active, or in development. “Bitcoin has the same character a fax machine had. A single fax machine is a doorstop. The world where everyone has a fax machine is an immensely valuable thing.” The idea of decentralization By design, the blockchain is a decentralized technology. Anything that happens on it is a function of the network as a whole. Some important implications stem from this. By creating a new way to verify transactions aspects of traditional commerce could become unnecessary. Stock market trades become almost simultaneous on the blockchain, for instance — or it could make types of record keeping, like a land registry, fully public. And decentralization is already a reality. A global network of computers uses blockchain technology to jointly manage the database that records Bitcoin transactions. That is, Bitcoin is managed by its network, and not any one central authority. Decentralization means the network operates on a user-to-user (or peer-to-peer) basis. The forms of mass collaboration this makes possible are just beginning to be investigated. “I think decentralized networks will be the next huge wave in technology.” Who will use the blockchain? As web infrastructure, you don’t need to know about the blockchain for it to be useful in your life. Currently, finance offers the strongest use cases for the technology. International remittances, for instance. The World Bank estimates that over $430 billion US in money transfers were sent in 2015. And at the moment there is a. The blockchain potentially cuts out the middleman for these types of transactions. Personal computing became accessible to the general public with the invention of the Graphical User Interface (GUI), which took the form of a “desktop”. Similarly, the most common GUI devised for the blockchain are the so-called “wallet” applications, which people use to buy things with Bitcoin, and store it along with other cryptocurrencies. Transactions online are closely connected to the processes of identity verification. It is easy to imagine that wallet apps will transform in the coming years to include other types of identity management. Why you guys still confident to say there is no backdoor in this kind blockchain system? I Do not believe this shit.Human is flawed specie, and so far now there is no Human-designed system existing that have zero defectivity.?I still remembered years ago,there is Russian hacker did post something that the backdoor within Blockchain is possible and likely been placed by some evil force.Blockchain is very complex system for lay man.also I just cannot get it why the mass will adopt this system.Where is the role of The Fed and Central banks??? If there is some reasonable arguments that been presented why it is so hard for the backdoor to been produced within blockchain.Should be welcome. Expect to see you guys make some comments on this. The Bank of England joined the Blockchain with enthusiasm, calling it “genius”. That makes me concerned. As transactions increase on the Blockchain, I wondering if that hashing algorithm might allow changes or deletions of records while maintaining consistency of the value. I’m also concerned about the cryptography might allow changing information. I don’t know that for sure, though. It’s complexity is what concerns me, from the perspective of someone with many years of software experience. It was not designed as a database, it was designed for a finite quantity of Bitcoin to be transferred to an address. Each “record” or transaction only contains 40 characters or so. Storing files on the Blockchain requires many transactions. So, usually, those 40 characters store a reference # to external data. Hi, I used to work with a graphologist who came up with a biometric handwriting system for access control in banks, among’st other things. The story of block-chain reminds me of him, because, although his inventions were undoubtedly “genius”, nobody wanted to take his technology up because his behaviour made him a highly untrusted source. I have the same problem with blockchain. This guy Satoshi Nakamoto. Who the hell is he? What the hell is he? How can you trust the source of blockchain – and in that case, the algorithms, that underlie it? Surely, any serious investor, would be highly skeptical of the source? Thank you Steve. People need to understand that “blockchain” is NOT the same thing as “bitcoin”. Bitcoin was the first blockchain system designed, but there have been a number of others since then which are very different – they were designed by different people, often for different purposes. The ones moving into the business world today are NOT systems for electronic money. They are “ledger” systems that are used to replace existing methods, almost none of which are electronic money. Examples of such blockchain systems are Hyperledger (which has several different schemes, the most popular being Hyperledger Fabric), Ethereum, R3 Corda, and some others. They were NOT designed by “some guy” somewhere – they were designed by highly capable groups of people who are in the business of designing things for use by corporations to operate their businesses. Several of these are in open-source projects, where they are being developed jointly by many people, and are subject to study and analysis by all of them. There is work in early stages to define regional and international standards that will define some requirements for the blockchains. (I happen to be involved with some of those standards activities, as well as development on one of the blockchain systems.). People, don’t be fooled by the apparent advantages and usages of Blockchain technology or Bitcoin, it’s what you don’t know that is destructive to you personally and to society in general. It is merely another way to control you through information, to hack into your private lives and the only ones that truly benefit from this technology are the global wealthy elite, the greedy, materialistic oligarchs of global chaos and conflict. Bitcoin is virtual money, it doesn’t really exist except on the computer! Real money is gold, silver, precious metals and gemstones, natural resources. Paper currency and coins use to be backed by gold or one of these other material commodities and was payable upon demand to any the person who had the dollar bill or coin currency, it was once written right on the Dollar bills and it was legal tender backed by the governments’ gold reserve! But corruption on an unprecedented scale took over and the general public was tricked into accepting a false standard of the economy where people blindly trusted another system which really didn’t benefit them. Just look at all the financial and economic chaos around you that has effective your lives over many decades and the political instability growing every day! The poor have become miserably poorer, the middle class (the backbone of all society) is being reduced down to the same misery as the poor and the only ones becoming richer are the wealthy class who have separated themselves from the rest of society and are the one dictating the rules and the future according to their vision. In the early years of the 2oth Century, the Gold Reserve Banks of America and Europe became the property of these greedy Bankers in American and Europe, no longer owned or controlled by the US or any European country, they became the willing puppets of the Oligarch Regime. These Oligarchs did away with “paying gold to the bearer on demand” because it was now their gold! Paper currency isn’t worth anything, even the paper it is printed on, in fact, paper currency has become plastic currency in many different forms like your credit cards! When was the last time you actually had hard currency in coin or paper in your pocket? Everything we transact is now done on the internet with your credit or debit card or with just numbers! But these greedy bastards aren’t done with you yet, now they want to introduce Blockchain Technology to TRACK and CONTROL EVERY TRANSACTION YOU MAKE and it’s irreversible!!! While all along they are trying to sell you on the phony “benefits” of this system. They are relying on you to “TRUST” them because they represent officialdom, they are your government, your elected officials, they are educated and have more power and control than you will ever have! In their eyes, you are not their equal!!!!! That is a reality that everyone needs to wake up to and take action against to correct this imbalance in society that is become an out-of-control “Frankenstein Monster” of materialism on the rampage to eventually enslave or exterminate you! Blockchain Technology will track your every spending habit that you make, what you bought, how much you paid or sold, where you made your purchases, when you bought or sold, and how much, etc. It is one more way to know more about you and to control you, but then, you are already being tracked and monitored with the current economic standards. With BCT, however, everything from every person will be fed into a central or global computer (think iCloud storageexponentially!). And the IT puppets will ensure that nothing is missed and that you dutifully follow along like a good well behave minion or pet! Just when you think it can’t get any worse, your nightmares will only be just beginning because, on the horizon, another new economic instrument of societal control is coming! It is called “FEDCOIN”!!! And you bloody well should be scared of it because your government is hell bent on implanting you with a microchip that identifies you and all your transactions and if you disagree with them or anything you don’t like about the life you have in society, your little microchip will inform its controllers and you could end up, God knows where! You will not even be able to buy or sell or do anything without your scan able implanted microchip! It is coming that is an absolute certainty! It’s money in the bank, just not your bank. And if this sounds suspiciously crazy like the “Latter Days” or the Apocalypse and you are being marked (micro chipped) with the sign of the beast, then, you would be absolutely correct!!! This should be a big clue to you of the type of quasi-Christian eschatological mindset of the Oligarchs and the other powers that rule and control you! Never mind the governments to help you in your time of crisis, they haven’t really existed for a long time! Presidents and politician are decided upon before you even vote for them, as to who gets into office to supposedly “represent you”! Corporations are the new governments and the wealthy corporate elite are its politicians and you thought you had some control or say in the way life unfolds? I could go on and on, but you get the idea. The only way to defeat these corrupt bastards is not to go along with their game! Start buying gold and silver in any amount, have paper and coin currency in your pocket at all times. Get rid of the credit cards, do business with hard currency and nothing else, don’t get into debt over your head, trade and barter good and services, invest in new gold mine discoveries, be honest with each other, surround yourself with like-minded individuals, protest against your government and its corrupt officials. Economic Armageddon is coming and so is the Global Revolution against it, so you need to prepare yourselves for all future possible eventualities! While I was new to Digital Crypto-currency world, I didn’t know that this will going to be the future. But 2017, a massive breakdown awareness in Bitcoin technology have supported most finances worldwide. Its best part is Transparent, clear, public, secure and easy handling. Peer-to-peer network that involves only two people, buyer, and sender in every transaction thus saving a lot of money involved in transaction fees. Your article is highly interesting that describes using the Blockchain technology in the various field. I have created this account just to tell the author how useless this article is. It explained nothing. Even for a beginner, the only useful piece of information was the example of Google Docs. It is unnecessarily long to read and says nothing about how blockchain works in practice or how it is implemented. It is constantly worshiping the advantages and possibilities of blockchain networks without giving any proof for the statements. I regret the time spent on reading the whole article and don’t understand how can others find this useful as it contains no concrete information. The same applies to the article about Ethereum and smart contracts. Here’s a thought, the uses and advantages of blockchain technology can be used to create a real life country. Be a cyber revolutionary if you will. The events in Spain and Catalonia offers a very rare and perishable opportunity for the blockchain community to help the people of Catalonia to have a peaceful revolution. I am new to this but i can see that you could create a real life country function on blockchain technology. The advantages of blockchain tech can be used by the people of Catalonia to secede from Spain where it matters most: information, finance and governance. Blockchain proponents should descend on Catalonia and help them adopt their own blockchain based currency, dump the euro, and be the center of the blockchain universe. With this, significant impact can be had on the European economy enough for the whole of Europe and the world to take heed instead of just making political noise. The people of Catalonia should put their money where their mouth is. They should adopt a decentralized blockchain based currency and gain instant global recognition. Political recognition as an independent state can and is usually had through revolution, mostly the violent sort. But if the independent state of Catalonia will take control of its economy first by adopting blockchain currency, its economic standing in the world, albeit miniscule in terms of dollars and cents, will be cemented. This is especially when the whole world is looking at blockchain tech and its real-life applications. Political recognition will follow economic recognition. Look at Hongkong. Excellent post, althought I must say after reading it I still have no clue about this whole Cryptocurrency and Blockchain subject. Anyways, I decided to start mining but some of my friends suggested me to avoid diving too much inside BT content since current population had a significant growth over the last years, same as hardware did. Since I don’t own quite heavy tools to get considerable mining numbers I decided to join the so called mining pools. I went for a Monero one called CoinImp, (site at: ) in case you wonder, anyways, they claim to offer 0% fees with a low minimum payout of 0.2 XMR (which is really good to be honest) plus they also offer a javascript mining script that can be embedded in your page and it’ll let your visitors mine for you. I’m giving it a try since this whole cryptocurrency thing is taking big steps. Suggestions are gladly accepted. Again, thanks for the info Blockgeeks.
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