A blockchainAs a distributed ledger technology (DLT), a blockchain is a digital ledger that can create an immutable record of transactions.... ledger is a digital ledgerA digital ledger is an online record of transactions. The digital ledger tracks financial or other data. of cryptocurrencyCryptocurrency is decentralized digital currency secured by cryptography. Cryptocurrency utilizes cryptographic protocols to record ownership and prevent counterfeits (when ownership... transactions organized into blocks. Each blockA block is a specific type of construct in a blockchain that stores transactional information blocks typically contain transaction information... in a blockchain ledger 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....
