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Chapter 1: What is Blockchain?

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Blockchain, Bitcoin, and the Digital Economy

This chapter is in the book Blockchain, Bitcoin, and the Digital Economy

© 2022 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents v
Preface xi
Chapter 1: What is Blockchain? 1
Chapter 2: Bitcoin 23
Chapter 3: Bitcoin Issues 55
Chapter 4: Consensus Mechanisms 85
Chapter 5: Altcoins 97
Chapter 6: Mutual Distributed Ledgers and Digital Currency 127
Chapter 7: Blockchain Beyond Cryptocurrency 149
Chapter 8: Industrial Applications for Blockchain 169
Chapter 9: Payment and Lending 197
Chapter 10: Governance and Regulation 217
Chapter 11: A Glimpse of the Future 229
Index 247

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781683928348-002

Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents v
Preface xi
Chapter 1: What is Blockchain? 1
Chapter 2: Bitcoin 23
Chapter 3: Bitcoin Issues 55
Chapter 4: Consensus Mechanisms 85
Chapter 5: Altcoins 97
Chapter 6: Mutual Distributed Ledgers and Digital Currency 127
Chapter 7: Blockchain Beyond Cryptocurrency 149
Chapter 8: Industrial Applications for Blockchain 169
Chapter 9: Payment and Lending 197
Chapter 10: Governance and Regulation 217
Chapter 11: A Glimpse of the Future 229
Index 247

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