Basics lesson 1 of 11 · 4 min
What is a blockchain?
A shared record of transactions that no single party controls.
- Transactions are grouped into blocks and chained together in order.
- Thousands of computers keep a copy, so the history is hard to change.
- Anyone can read it; that's what makes on-chain analysis possible.
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