5. 5Blockchain Workspace www.blockchainworkspace.com
What is Trust?
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• Based on experience (assessment)
• Projected into the future (expectation)
• Can be betrayed (uncertainty)
• Not limited to persons, you can also trust a
“thing”
6. 6Blockchain Workspace www.blockchainworkspace.com
Blockchain “Trust”
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• No need to assess: the blockchain proves itself
• Rules are known: everyone is locked into them
• You do not need to know the participant
• Rules cannot be circumvented
7. 7Blockchain Workspace www.blockchainworkspace.com
A blockchain is a transaction ledger that eliminates the need
to “trust” by locking participants into a set of rules from
which consensus emerges.
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8. Blockchain solves the central question of digitalised value
Who proves:
1)It’s real and not counterfeit?
2)It hasn’t been spent before?
3)It therefore is mine?
12. • Independent verification of each transaction
by every full node, based on a comprehensive list of criteria
• Independent aggregation of those transactions into new blocks by mining nodes
coupled with demonstrated computation through a proof-of-work algorithm
• Independent verification of the new blocks by every node and assembly into a chain
• Independent selection, by every node, of the chain
with the most cumulative computation demonstrated through proof of work (or X)
Decentralised Consensus
In a Peer-to-Peer Network
13. What kind of Platforms are we seeing?
1. “Vanilla” Blockchains: Bitcoin and simple altcoins
2. “Application” Blockchains: specific for one use, for instance Gridcoin (BOINC)
3. Complete Platforms with new functionality: Nxt, Ardor, Bitshares
4. “Blockchain Computers”: Ethereum