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Blockchain for Online Transactions

Sudeepa Dutta

Abstract


A blockchain is a chain of records, or blocks, that are encoded and connected to each other. A timestamp, exchange data, and cryptographic hash information of the past block are contained in each block. The block's information can't be changed. An open, dispersed record that can proficiently and forever record exchanges between two gatherings is undifferentiated from a block chain. To work as a circulated record, a blockchain is ordinarily overseen by a distributed organization that all in all sticks to a convention for between hub correspondence and block approval. .The data in any given block cannot be changed after it has been recorded without affecting all subsequent blocks. By design, blockchains are regarded as secure. Blockchain technology underpins the emerging currency type known as cryptocurrencies.

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