1、字数：英文 2904 单词， 16015 字符；中文 5190 汉字 出处： M Crosby,V Kalyanaraman,et al.BlockChain Technology: Beyond BitcoinJApplied Innovation Review.2016,7(2):6-19 外文文献： BlockChain Technology: Beyond Bitcoin Abstract A blockchain is essentially a distributed database of records, or public ledger of all transactions
2、 or digital events that have been executed and shared among participating parties. Each transaction in the public ledger is verified by consensus of a majority of the participants in the system. Once entered, information can never be erased. The blockchain contains a certain and verifiable record of
3、 every single transaction ever made. Bitcoin, the decentralized peer-to-peer digital currency, is the most popular example that uses blockchain technology. The digital currency bitcoin itself is highly controversial but the underlying blockchain technology has worked flawlessly and found wide range
4、of applications in both financial and non-financial world. Introduction A blockchain is essentially a distributed database of records, or public ledger of all transactions or digital events that have been executed and shared among participating parties. Each transaction in the public ledger is verif
5、ied by consensus of a majority of the participants in the system. Once entered, information can never be erased. The blockchain contains a certain and verifiable record of every single transaction ever made. To use a basic analogy, it is easier to steal a cookie from a cookie jar, kept in a secluded
6、 place, than stealing the cookie from a cookie jar kept in a market place, being observed by thousands of people. Bitcoin is the most popular example that is intrinsically tied to blockchain technology. It is also the most controversial one since it helps to enable a multibillion-dollar global market of anonymous transactions without any governmental control. Hence it has to deal with a number of regulatory issues involving national governments and financial institutions. However, Blo
