What Exactly Is a Blockchain? A Beginner’s Guide to Public and Private Chains

This article demystifies blockchain by explaining its fundamental structure of linked blocks, how hashes ensure integrity, the differences between public and private blockchains, and illustrates smart contract use cases such as automated rent payments, providing clear examples and visual diagrams for beginners.

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What Exactly Is a Blockchain? A Beginner’s Guide to Public and Private Chains

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Jan 28, 2018 · Blockchain

What Is a Blockchain? A Simple Guide to Public and Private Chains

This article introduces the fundamentals of blockchain technology, explaining how blocks and hashes form an immutable chain, contrasts public and private blockchains with real‑world examples like Bitcoin and smart‑contract scenarios, and provides simple pseudocode illustrating how such contracts could be executed.

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What Is a Blockchain? A Simple Guide to Public and Private Chains