As someone that has been involved with blockchain technology for the past year, I find this article to be very well thought and effectively descriptive regarding the four key components of a blockchain.

I commend you for taking all of this on in a single article, however; you may want to consider breaking it down into four different posts (leaving this one as a kind of summary) which describe the four key components of the blockchain separately, and in smaller chunks that will be easier for readers that are not very familiar with the subject to take in.

I find it most fun to consider the various business applications for which Blockchain will establish itself as a disruptive force. It has been a very long time since the financial services industry saw any real sort of disruption. I think Blockchain promises to bring it their way.

Finally, I appreciate the fact that you are interested, not only in cryptos, but in the technology that makes them work. When people hear mention of "cryptocurrency", their minds immediately jump to "Bitcoin" or "Ethereum". It should be the same case when those same people hear mention of "blockchain", however; it is not (that is a shame in my opinion).

Not sure if you are familiar with Triple Entry Bookkeeping theory, but I have provided a couple links below.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Momentum_accounting_and_triple-entry_bookkeeping
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/balanc3-to-assure-financial-transparency-for-singulardtv-300319277.html

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