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## [Blockchain For Dummies: A Beginner's Guide](https://www.byteacademy.co/blog/blockchain-for-dummies-a-beginners-guide)

 By [Hannah Augur](https://www.byteacademy.co/blog/author/hannah-augur) on Aug 17, 2020 5:43:53 AM

Blockchain: the single most confusing term since Bitcoin. Everyone has a vague idea of what it does. It’s either the ultimate evolution of financial technologies, or a silly fad that can be summed up in the disconcerting phrase: “dogechain.” In reality, major companies around the world have already shown favor to the burgeoning money exchange system and it may become harder and harder to stay away from the financial dark art.  
In reality, it is all relatively easy to understand. The Blockchain is a public ledger where transactions are recorded and confirmed anonymously. It’s a record of events that is shared between many parties. More importantly, once information is entered, it cannot be altered. So, if the blockchain is the public record, what is being recorded? What are all of these “transactions”?

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