Why “blockchain” is being discussed
The most recent Hacker News stories and comments contributing to this topic's mentions.
There's no conflict: Markets can remain irrational for a long time and they can certainly place a high value on notional nothing. This piece of cardboard is worth $500,000 https…
by ForHackernews · Oct 28, 2026
> They are permisionless protocols No, they are not. You can trade a tokenized stock on top of a blockchain that happens to be permissionless, but you can also fully operate a p…
by chrisco255 · Oct 28, 2026
I had difficulty understanding the point of that new account's long-winded comments, but they might be referring to using a blockchain for timestamping purposes. See https:/…
by thinkmassive · Oct 28, 2026
I researched your claim as best I could, and I did not find any evidence that the Craig Wright case hinged in any way on the on-chain events. The UK high court appears to have a…
by bdamm · Oct 27, 2026
Database by itself is easy, but the rest of a public-facing exchange would be a lot of security to get right. I've seen contracts for blockchain exchanges, they're not that comp…
by mahboi · Oct 27, 2026
I guess because it's easier to trade USDT for stock tokens in an Ethereum contract. Same reason USDT is on the blockchain and not just a database run by its owners, who are alre…
by mahboi · Oct 27, 2026
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A blockchain is a distributed ledger with growing lists of records (blocks) that are securely linked together via cryptographic hashes. Each block contains a cryptographic hash of the previous block, a timestamp, and transaction data. Since each block contains information about the previous block, they effectively form a chain, with each additional block linking to the ones before it. Consequently, blockchain transactions are resistant to alteration because, once recorded, the data in any given block cannot be changed retroactively without altering all subsequent blocks and obtaining network consensus to accept these changes. Read more on Wikipedia