Likewhen I buy a musicalbumfromAmazon, allthat's happeningisthatmybankaddsanentryinmyspreadsheetthatsaysAaronnowhas $10 less, andthenAmazon's bankaddsanentrythatsaystheyhave $10 more.
Sotheresultofthisisthatif I gointo a storeandspendfiveBitcoinsonsomething, theninsteadofjustcheckingwithonebank's records, theshopinsteadcheckswitheverysinglecomputeronthisnetworkif I haveenough.
Like, if I trytohackintosomeone's computerthat's onthenetworkandgivemyselfmoremoneybyadjustingfiguresontheircopyoftheledger, it's notgoingtogetthrough.
Blockchainisjust a wayoforganizingit, funnilyenough, intoblocks.
ブロックチェーンは、面白いことに、それをブロックにまとめる方法にすぎない。
Soeverytime I payforsomethingwithBitcoin, thattransactionisrecordedas a block.
つまり、私がビットコインで何かを支払うたびに、その取引はブロックとして記録される。
Eachblockcontainstransactiondata, likewhowaspaidandhowmuch, a hash, whichis a uniqueidentifier, andthehashofthepreviousblockinthesequence, orthelasttransactionthatwasrecorded.
Soifyoucombinethiswithwhatwetalkedaboutearlier, thiswholeideaof a milliondifferentusersallhavingtheirowncopyoftheblockchainledger, thenif I wantedtofraudulentlycreate a transactionthat, say, paidmemoney, I'd havetonotjusttamperwith a blockandeverysingleblockafterit, but I'd alsohavetodothisonatleasthalf a millioncomputersaroundtheworldsothatthemajorityofcomputersinthesystemarealsoconsistentwiththeone I'vetamperedwith.
DogecoinisbasedonthesametechasLitecoin, butitwascreatedas a joke.
DogecoinはLitecoinと同じ技術に基づいているが、ジョークとして作られた。
Peoplestartedsharingitandputting a bitofmoneyintoitbecausetheythoughtitwasfunny, butthatpropelleditsvaluetothepointwherenowwehavepeoplewhohaveactuallybecomemillionairesjustbecausetheyboughtDogecoinwhenitwascheap.