Bitcoin is a network that runs on a protocol called blockchain. A 2008 paper by self-proclaimed Satoshi Nakamoto first described blockchain and Bitcoin, and for a while these two words were almost synonymous. Since then, the blockchain has evolved into a separate concept, and thousands of blockchains have been created using similar encryption technology. This history will make the terminology confusing. Blockchain sometimes refers to the original Bitcoin blockchain. At other times, it usually...
