3. WHAT IS BLOCKCHAIN SECURITY?
⢠Each transaction is a digital âblockâ that needs to be verified before itâs allowed to enter the
system.
⢠Questions include:
⢠Is the money there?
⢠Are sender and receiver reputable?
⢠Is the request legitimate? And so forth.
⢠Each computer on the network competes on unscrambling the answers, and the winning
computer adds this âblockâ to the âblockchainâ in the order that the âblockâ arrived. The winner
broadcasts his proof to the rest of the network, which checks that proof and verifies it before
queuing the âblockâ to complete the transaction. Parties involved are assured that
participants have screened and okayed the transaction.
⢠The process not only cuts down on fraud, such as double spending or spams, but also
transfers funds simply, safely, and fast.
8. BITCOIN
⢠Bitcoin is open source, managed by UMass Amherst
⢠https://github.com/bitcoin
9. GETTING STARTED
⢠Crypto-Currency Exchange â converting
crypto to physical currency or vice versa
⢠Not regulated by FDIC
⢠Wild West
⢠Sketchy
⢠Question: Why is it sketchy?
10. MINING
⢠Randomly guessing Nonce
⢠Currently 12.5 cents to make a block
⢠Transaction fee awarded to the first to
complete the chain