What exactly is blockchain ?
What exactly is Blockchain? Blockchain is a complicated topic to understand but after reading this blog you would know exactly what is blockchain and some more basic concepts like cryptography and blockchain mining . Before starting off let us look at some important terms which could help us learn blockchain in a much faster way . These terms we are going to see are going to be short and quick : Blockchain : Block with chain . Decentralized : Anything which is not centralized but distributed .(Also called distributed system) P2P Network : Peer to Peer Network . (Point to Point N etwork Connectivity) . Node : A point or a physical device in the Network . Cryptography : A way for secure communication . Key : Key is used to open a secure message from a Node . Now Lets Get Started ! Blockchain - As the word suggests , blockchain means a block with a chain . A blockchain is nothing but a complicated and an unique Database Yes ! Blockchain is nothing but a database . Then why is it