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These are primary sources, established data vendors, or canonical specifications we referenced or cross-checked while writing this page.

CoinGecko — Reference source for crypto price and market-cap data.
DefiLlama — Reference source for protocol TVL and on-chain DeFi metrics.
Etherscan — Authoritative Ethereum block explorer for verifying contract and transaction data.

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What is a Blockchain?

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What is a Blockchain?

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A blockchain is a distributed database that maintains a continuously growing list of records, called blocks, that are linked and secured using cryptography.

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Key insight: No single party controls a blockchain. Thousands of computers worldwide maintain an identical copy.

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