Cryptographic hashing makes blockchain manipulation immediately detectable because the hash incorporates all previous transactions, so that even a single digit change produces a different hash value.
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The smallest change to the blockchain, even a single digit/value, results in a different hash value. A different hash value makes any form of manipulation immediately detectable.
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Wulf A. Kaal, Blockchain Applications and Fee Structure Developments in Private Investment Funds (2017), IV. Blockchain Technology, p. 11 https://ssrn.com/abstract=2959730 · source PDF
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Wulf A. Kaal, Blockchain Applications and Fee Structure Developments in Private Investment Funds (2017). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2959730
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chained hashing that incorporates all prior transactions
restated_bykaal:claim:3071378-005 Because each new block's hash value is generated from all previous transactions, the smallest change to the bl...
restated_bykaal:claim:3227933-015 Cryptographic hashing makes tampering detectable because even a minuscule change to the blockchain produces a ...
restated_bykaal:claim:3227967-019 Cryptographic hashing makes tampering with blockchain records extremely difficult because even a minuscule cha...
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