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   "text": "The author stipulates that a blockchain is a shared digital ledger or database that maintains a continuously growing list of transactions among participating parties regarding digital assets, described as blocks.",
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   "text": "No truly uniform definition of blockchain technology exists; commentators variously describe it as a giant distributed immutable spreadsheet for transactions or by enumerating central elements such as decentralization, immutability, and cryptographic verification.",
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   "text": "The core distinguishing features of blockchain technology are only generically definitional: they characterize the technology as a class but supply no specific definitions usable for classification.",
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