blockchain
noun [ C or U ] uk/ˈblɒk.tʃeɪn / us/ˈblɑːk.tʃeɪn /
（信息技术）区块链
a system used to make a digital record of all the occasions a cryptocurrency (= a digital currency such as bitcoin) is bought or sold, and that is constantly growing as more blocks are added
Blockchains are appearing in a variety of commercial applications today. 如今区块链已经出现在各种商业应用中。
The first prominent use of blockchain was bitcoin. 区块链的第一个突出应用是比特币。
Blockchain technology has the potential to transform business operating models. 区块链技术具有改变商业运营模式的潜力。
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- Information held on a blockchain exists as a shared database.
- You don’t need to know how the blockchain works to use it.
- There’s been a lot of noise recently about bitcoin, blockchain, and cryptocurrency.