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IAG MAY 2019年5月 亞博匯 99 “block”) bound to each other (hence “chain”) using cryptographic principles so it is immutable. To further ensure the data is agreed by everyone, the same blocks are recorded by everyone in that network at the same time. Unless hackers were to simultaneously hack all computers on that network at once, the data is safe from being altered by unauthorized people. Bitcoin is the most well-known product powered by blockchain technology. You can think of Bitcoin simply as a digital “bit” on the internet. All of them are identically the same and each “bit” is assigned to an owner periodically on a “first come, first served” basis according to the rules written into the codes. Those owners are better known as “miners” – people who spend their time solving Blockchain can significantly reduce the operational friction required to validate ownership and identity by allowingparticipantstointeractdirectlywithoneanother without someone in the middle providing verification. 區塊鏈可以通過讓參與者直接與其他人互動，不需要有其他人在中間 提供驗證服務，從而大大減少在驗證所有權、身分及合約條款時所產生 的在操作上的阻礙。 而眾多由區塊鏈技術所支援的產品中，最出名的就是比特幣Bit- coin。你可以把比特幣想像成互聯網中一個數碼化的小塊。這些小塊 都是完全一樣，並會定期以先到先得的原則，根據被寫進程式碼中規 則，被分配給一個擁有者。這些擁有者都被俗稱為「礦工」—他們會花 時間去解那些驗證小塊的數學公式。小塊的擁有者可以決定何時何地 去轉移這些他們擁有的小塊，就像他們把錢匯入或者匯出自己的銀行 戶口一樣。 現時大部分的所謂加密課幣都差不多是用同一種方式運作，唯一 不同的是它們的帳簿都是由不同的電腦網絡所管理。這就是第一代的 區塊鏈技術。 在2017 年12月，加拿大科技公司Axiom Zen成功推出一款名為 「CryptoKitties」的產品，把區塊鏈技術帶進新的時代。 「CryptoKitties」是生活在互聯網中的數碼寵物，其所有權可以 自由交易。這是區塊鏈第一次被用於記錄多於一塊小塊的事情上—事 專欄