A blockchain is just a shared record book that thousands of computers hold copies of at once. When someone adds a new entry, the network has to agree it's valid before it gets locked in. No single person can quietly rewrite the past.
That's different from a bank's database, where one company controls the ledger and you trust them to keep it honest. On $BTC
's blockchain, trust comes from the math and the network, not from an institution.
It's why Bitcoin has run without a central operator since 2009, through crashes, bans, and now institutional adoption. The ledger itself never needed anyone's permission to keep working.
#blockchain #crypto101_ #bitcoin
Not financial advice.
That's different from a bank's database, where one company controls the ledger and you trust them to keep it honest. On $BTC
's blockchain, trust comes from the math and the network, not from an institution.
It's why Bitcoin has run without a central operator since 2009, through crashes, bans, and now institutional adoption. The ledger itself never needed anyone's permission to keep working.
#blockchain #crypto101_ #bitcoin
Not financial advice.
