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FAQ: What is blockchain and how can it help business? | Computerworld

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"What is blockchain? First and foremost, Blockchain is a public electronic ledger -- similar to a relational database -- that can be openly shared among disparate users and that creates an unchangeable record of their transactions, each one time-stamped and linked to the previous one."

FAQ: What is blockchain and how can it help business? | Computerworld

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"Each digital record or transaction in the thread is called a block (hence the name), and it allows either an open or controlled set of users to participate in the electronic ledger. Each block is linked to a specific participant."

FAQ: What is blockchain and how can it help business? | Computerworld

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