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Dad: Son, I am reading the "Bitcoin white paper" right now and try getting my head around this:
"The network timestamps transactions by hashing them into an ongoing chain of hash-based proof-of-work, forming a record that cannot be changed without redoing the proof-of-work."
Son: Hi Dad,
A "hash" is like a "digital fingerprint" of any collection of data. Each new fingerprint builds on a previous one and adds a chain link segment.
Dad: Bitcoin seems to be a very sophisticated system.
Son: Dad, that's just the tip of the iceberg.
#Bitcoin
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