Crypto & blockchain

Blockchain fundamentals

How blockchains store and agree on data.

Terms

3 terms

  • Block explorer

    A block explorer is a search tool that indexes a blockchain and shows its blocks, transactions, addresses and fees in a readable, searchable form.

  • Blockchain

    A blockchain is a shared ledger of transactions grouped into hash-linked blocks, kept in agreement by many nodes without a central operator.

  • Distributed ledger

    A distributed ledger is a database of transactions replicated across many independent nodes that agree on its contents without relying on one central operator.