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by waynevaughan 3540 days ago
Part of the challenge is that the word blockchain is misused. Here's a quote from the first page:

“…the term ‘blockchain’ has been so misappropriated that no one knows what it means anymore.” – Elaine Ou, Bloomberg

People are using blockchain to describe Bitcoin, private ledgers, the public Ethereum network, private Ethereum forks, and other tech that shares design characteristics with Bitcoin.