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Blockchain Technology
Decentralized ledger system underpinning cryptocurrencies
6appearances
Mar 2024first appeared
Jun 2025most recent
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The arc
Appears across 6 pieces (2 defined it · 4 discussed it in essays): when this term was part of the conversation. First surfaces Mar 2024.
How the definition evolved (2 versions)
- 48th A distributed database that maintains a continuously-growing list of records called blocks, which are secured from tampering and revision.
Across the corpus (6 — 2 defined · 4 discussed)
Defined 48th EditionW13 · Mar 25, 2024 Defined 112th EditionW25 · Jun 16, 2025