The BitcoinBitcoin is a cryptocurrency. It operates without the need for a central authority like a central bank or a company,... blockchainAs a distributed ledger technology (DLT), a blockchain is a digital ledger that can create an immutable record of transactions.... is a shared public ledgerA shared public ledger is a digital record of all cryptocurrency transactions maintained by a network of computers, each with... that records all bitcoinOne bitcoin is a unit of the virtual currency called Bitcoin. BTC is the ticker symbol for Bitcoin, and refers... transactions. It is constantly growing as “completed” blocks are added to the blockchain with a new set of recordings. The data structure of each blockA block is a specific type of construct in a blockchain that stores transactional information blocks typically contain transaction information... in a blockchain contains a cryptographic hashA hash is a fixed-length code representing any length of words, messages, or data generated by a hashing algorithm. In... of the previous block, a timestamp, and transaction dataTransaction data is information that is stored on the blockchain and represents a record of a transaction. This data can.... By design, the Bitcoin blockchain is resistant to data modification.
