Blockchain Crypto News

Blockchains are the key infrastructure that supports cryptocurrencies. The sequential updating of a cryptographically secure, verifiable transaction record throughout a network of peers, all working under the same set of rules enforced by the software, is a common feature of these distributed ledgers. This record is owned and operated by everyone, anywhere.

While research into shared ledger technology dates back decades, the Bitcoin blockchain was the first distributed ledger system to be completely decentralized and impervious to censorship, seizure, and collusion.

Blockchain technology, in its different forms, including the Ethereum blockchain and others, is ultimately a global consensus system, allowing people to coordinate and cooperate around a neutral source of information without relying on each other or a single administrator. The application cases are diverse, spanning from banking and energy trading to supply chain management.