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Blockchain definition check: 12 terms everyone confuses
Coin, token, ledger, layer — the words get used interchangeably all the time. They should not be.

Coin, token, ledger, layer — the words get used interchangeably all the time. They should not be.

A Merkle tree turns thousands of transactions into one short root hash. Here is how blocks use it to prove their contents, why proofs stay small, and where the structure shows up outside crypto.

Tracing stolen funds is less a cinematic chase and more patient record-keeping. Here is what the work actually involves, and who bears the risk when it fails.

A distributed ledger is just three moving parts: a chain of records, computers holding copies, and a rule for agreeing on the next one. Here is what each part does, and what it does not guarantee.