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Term | Definition |
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Block | A data structure made up of one or more transactions. Multiple blocks make up the blockchain. |
Blockchain | A distributed ledger technology constructed by a chronological chain of blocks. |
Chain | |
Cryptography | The study of techniques used to allow secure communication between different parties. Cryptography ensures both the authenticity and the immutability of data on a blockchain. |
Hash | |
Key Pairs | |
Digital Certificate | |
Permissioned | |
Consensus | A consensus algorithm is a process in computer science used to achieve agreement on a single data value among distributed processes or systems. Consensus algorithms are designed to achieve reliability in a network involving multiple unreliable nodes. Solving that issue – known as the consensus problem – is important in distributed computing and multi-agent systems. Consensus, as an algorithm Consensus, as a component
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Transaction | |
World State | |
Channel | |
Immutability | |
Trust | |
Governance | |
Node | |
Peer | |
Chaincode | |
Ledger | |
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