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Stephen Downes

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A blockchain is created by hashing the contents of one body of text and implanting it into the next body of text. In this example, has was stored for all to see in the pages of the New York Tomes. This means that in order to change the contents of the text (which would change the hash) someone would have to crecreate the entire press run of the New York Times. I like this because it shows how a blockchain can be set up in a way that has nothing o do with money or coins.

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