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A blockchain is a ledger of blocks of information (e.g., transactions, agreements, etc.) that are stored sequentially across a network of computers. Rather than a simple algorithm, blockchain is a technology construct and an enabling protocol that facilitates a decentralized brokering of data among participants, i.e., its revolutionary properties do not derive from what blockchains do (i.e., store data securely), but from the manner in which they are used and implemented (i.e., trustless and decentralized).
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Hellwig, D., Karlic, G., Huchzermeier, A. (2020). Blockchain Foundations. In: Build Your Own Blockchain. Management for Professionals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40142-9_1
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