«With Bitcoin came the world's first Blockchain, a decentralized
ledger of financial transactions that can not be counterfeited, forged, or modified.
For the uninitiated, the blockchain is a public
ledger of financial transactions.
Not exact matches
Blockchains are distributed
ledgers that keep a secure record
of transactions, whether
financial or otherwise.
«The blockchain is an incorruptible digital
ledger of transactions that can be programmed to record not just
financial transactions but virtually everything
of value,» say Don and Alex Tapscott, authors
of Blockchain Revolution.
The basic idea
of bitcoin is simple: Instead
of a
financial institution holding a bank
ledger, a chain
of computers linked through the internet are all using the same software to record and verify every
transaction.
In its other form, as an open source software, the bitcoin blockchain platform, which serves as a public
ledger of all bitcoin
transactions, is being used by institutional traders and software developers to transform the operational and transactional sides
of the
financial industry.
That means contracts,
financial transactions, bills
of lading, property titles, and tax filings that are the defining structures
of our economic system could be seamlessly digitized and recorded forever in an open, distributed
ledger.
This is why Ripple, along with a growing community
of financial institutions and payments providers, support Interledger Protocol (ILP), which standardizes how to instantly settle
transactions across different
ledgers and networks.
The Monetary Authority
of Singapore also signaled their intention to encourage banks to consider the many applications
of the blockchain in the
financial sector where distributed
ledger systems may potentially be «applied in any area which involves contracts or
transactions that currently rely on trusted third parties for verification».
R3, which is made up
of over 100
financial institutions, launched the Blockchain platform Corda in 2015, a distributed
ledger system that facilitates and standardizes
financial transactions.
For those unfamiliar, blockchain is the digital, distributed, and decentralized
ledger underlying cryptocurrencies that's responsible for keeping an immutable record
of all
transactions without the need for a
financial intermediary.
The Blockchain technology underlying the cryptocurrency operation refers to a decentralized
ledger which can automatically record
transactions without the aid
of a
financial intermediary.
Using a Blockchain distributed
ledger, all appropriate parties have access and insight into the clearing and settlement
of financial transactions.
It becomes more useful as a [money transfer] rail and as a
ledger [
of financial transactions].»
Where dollars and pounds are handled by banks and
financial institutions which collectively confirm when
transactions occur, Bitcoin operates on the basis
of a public
ledger system.
«So in answer to the question about the types
of non-payment
transactions that are suited to mutual distributed
ledgers, it is most
of them within regulated
financial services,» said Mainelli.
Blockchain technology is an indestructible electronic
ledger of both economic and
financial transactions.
The blockchain is a decentralized
ledger where records
of all
transactions are held not by a central clearing house (such as a bank or other
financial institution) but by each member
of the network, therefore removing the need for a trusted third party.
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