What makes the Blockchain Special?
What is Blockchain? Blockchain is a collection of nodes connected in a Peer to peer mechanism, Each node is connected with previous and successive blocks. Blockchain uses distributed ledger technology, each transaction's details are recorded with a time stamp on this shared ledger, Each participant can view the transaction details. What makes the blockchain so special? The blockchain is a technology that enables secure, non-manipulable transactions in the network and is therefore also interesting independently of Bitcoin. A frequently cited example is provided by IBM with Food Trust, a blockchain-based platform for tracing food. The Blockchain is used in the supply chain of the food industry, it starts from producer to the processor, trader, and retailer to the user. Everybody in this chain can view the required details with provided authentication for that particular person accessing the shared data. This helps in assuring trust, transparency in product handling on the suppl