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1. The origins of blockchain
1.1 The beginnings in 1991
The concept of blockchain dates back to 1991: W. Scott Stornetta (a specialist in cryptography and distributed computing, who is considered the father of blockchain) and Stuart Haber (a cryptography researcher) described the concept of a cryptographically secured network of data blocks in the article "How to time-stamp a digital document" published in the Journal of Cryptography. . They wanted to implement a system where time-stamped documents could be neither falsified nor backdated.
With this in mind, they set up...
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Bibliography
- (1) - HABER (S.), STORNETTA (W.S.) - How to time-stamp a digital document. - https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00196791 (1991).
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- Standardization – ISO standards for blockchain coming soon. https://normalisation.afnor.org/actualites/bientot-normes-iso-blockchain/ Advancing blockchain standards: https://norminfo.afnor.org/search ?term=blockchain - AFNOR - 29 Jan 2019
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