# Blockchain definition

`kaal:entity:blockchain-definition`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 3 claims that carry the concept tag `blockchain-definition`. It is a roster of what the corpus says under this term. It is **not** an adjudicated definition: no single statement here has been ruled canonical, and no first-appearance call has been made. Read the claims and judge for yourself.

## Every claim under this term

3 claims across 2 works, 2017 to 2022.

**2017**

- [2959730-016](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2959730-016) [definitional/asserted] -- 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.
  > As such, a blockchain is a shared digital ledger or database that maintains a continuously growing list of transactions among participating parties regarding digital assets –
  Wulf A. Kaal, Blockchain Applications and Fee Structure Developments in Private Investment Funds (2017). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2959730

**2022**

- [4021599-002](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4021599-002) [definitional/argued] -- 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.
  > No truly uniform definition exists for blockchain technology. Some refer to it as a giant worldwide, distributed, immutable "google spreadsheet" for transactions.1
  Wulf A. Kaal, Securities Versus Utility Tokens (2022). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4021599
- [4021599-003](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4021599-003) [failure/argued] *(failure mode)* -- 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.
  > The core distinguishing features of blockchain technology help define the technology generically but provide no specific definitions. For example, the technology's distributed consensus
  Wulf A. Kaal, Securities Versus Utility Tokens (2022). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4021599

## Verify

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