Exploring Blockchain | Blockchain (part I)

What does blockchain mean?

It's use case is most commonly linked to cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin, however, it's actual uses as a distributed ledger technology are myriad.

Those in banking might know its applications for reducing overseas transaction fees, improving data homogenization and reducing settlement times to T-0.

For those in law, the applications of smart contracts and automating legal documentation waterfall actions.

For those in the arts and fashion, the use of NFTs as certificates of authenticity, the ability to fractionalise items to co-own or co-invest.

But what is blockchain itself?