The Emergence Machine

Blockchain

abstract · Computing · Level 16 · E10

E10Institutions

Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

blockchain requires distributed-system, computation.

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Wiktionary senses

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Historical origin

Origin word
blockchain
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL16L15L14L13L9L5L3L2L1L0BlockchainTransactionBusinessMoneyTradeDistributed SystemEconomyBehaviorComputationGoalLedgerRecordBuildingCausalityCell… intermediate l…FormInformationLifeOperationActionChangeCollectionExistenceEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesMiningL17Proof Of StakeL17Proof Of WorkL17Smart ContractL17BlockchainL16RecordL3LedgerL5Distributed SystemL9TransactionL15E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Record L3 (requires)
    A decentralized, distributed ledger technology that records transactions across multiple nodes in a network, enabling secure, chronological, and tamper-evident data storage and verification.
  • Ledger L5 (requires)
    A decentralized, distributed ledger technology that records transactions across multiple nodes in a network, enabling secure, chronological, and tamper-evident data storage and verification.
  • Distributed System L9 (requires)
    Blockchain is built on distributed system architecture, spreading data and consensus across multiple independent nodes.
  • Transaction L15 (requires)
    A decentralized, distributed ledger technology that records transactions across multiple nodes in a network, enabling secure, chronological, and tamper-evident data storage and verification.

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