[Chicago] Blockchain

[Nick Timkovich]

I'd describe blockchain as three things: (a) some schema to store
records/events/contracts in, and a serialization method to make them
hashable, (b) a cryptographic method to combine the new record and previous
record's signature to produce a new signature, and (c) keeping signatures
public so other parties can make sure nobody can rewrite history.

As far as I know, and someone please correct me if I'm wrong on any of
this, the distributed system of Bitcoin, et al., is both a method to keep
things public, but also is needed by the schema that stores the records
(goes beyond the essence of blockchain). Also, I think that the actual
record doesn't need to be public. A secret record could be verified to have
been entered into the chain at some point by parties recomputing the next
signature.

On Sun, Jul 24, 2016 at 11:12 AM, Brian Ray <brianhray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Sun, Jul 24, 2016 at 11:55 AM, Don Sheu <dinaldo at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Jason help?
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> Thanks Don. Yes, I already connected with Jason Rowley on this topic last
> week and we had a lengthy conversation and continue
> to correspond. Meanwhile, it would be nice to hear a couple
> other perspectives.
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