An Introduction To Bitcoin and Blockchain Technology
Sometimes the presentations on the Internet for Bitcoins and Blockchain are either a bit too technical, or are a bit too trivial. So, as we love cryptography, here's a quick overview of the basics of Bitcoin and Blockchain technology:
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Hi Bill thanks for a great introduction to the subject, two quick newby questions out of curiosity, how does the the blockchain cope with race conditions and transactional timing? also on the mining side also as it is a distributed function how is the decision made on which hash to uses is it first past the post for example? Regards Andrew Gravett
Scalability and the use of permissive blockchain for control of healthcare records is beginning to take shape nicely.