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The History of Blockchain

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History of cryptography. ? A Brief History of Cryptography and Algorithms. Enter Alan Turing, a studious British mathematician with a knack for decoding info and who is known to be a whizz at cryptography (which itself is essential to blockchain’s). They were able to collect multiple documents on a single block.

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Are Blockchain and Bitcoin the same?

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Once a new chain is added to the block, it’s encrypted using cryptography and can’t be changed, replicated or removed. Nakamoto launched Bitcoin as a means of creating a digital currency that was transparent, efficient and free from any government/central bank currency controls. Blockchains are perfect for recording information.