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What Is the Blockchain

Massimo Di Pierro
- 01 Sep 2017 - 
- Vol. 19, Iss: 5, pp 92-95
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In this article, the basic ideas of blockchain are reviewed and a sample minimalist implementation in Python is presented, based on the same idea. But the implementation is different from the one presented in this paper.
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Blockchain is a new technology, based on hashing, which is at the foundation of the platforms for trading cryptocurrencies and executing smart contracts. This article reviews the basic ideas of this technology and provides a sample minimalist implementation in Python.

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Mastering Bitcoin: Unlocking Digital Crypto-Currencies

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Cryptocurrency : how Bitcoin and digital money are challenging the global economic order

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