# why I like blockchain

*A gen z perspective*

By [chewblocca](https://paragraph.com/@chewblocca) · 2025-10-16

blockchain, big-brain

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My first interaction with a _Blockchain_ was _Solana_. More specifically _memecoins_.

Okay… even more specifically I thought I was going to get rich off a _memecoin_. I mean if I could just buy _fartcoin_ right before it… well there it went.

Scam. It’s a scam. I knew it was a scam…

What even is a _Blockchain_.

_\*insert definition_\*

> ### block-chain
> 
> _a system in which a record of transactions, especially those made in a_ [_cryptocurrency_](https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&sca_esv=9734a983a01cfe31&hl=en-us&sxsrf=AE3TifPfyTRvsLPYYd3qQRFU2_aGJApAuw:1760580326208&q=cryptocurrency&si=AMgyJEs12bGtDCy4_xP40vvZvb7lYqep398iHzCr_cQzxb1jzXgwlF-Su9cUO-qH7MfMJwShx7UIEwySH7679qKvnfL6LN1in6fHu0dgeCu45wL0AzhmRh4%3D&expnd=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjVu8Tn0KeQAxUdnCYFHZh-LCcQyecJegUIiQEQMQ)_, is maintained across computers that are linked in a_ [_peer-to-peer_](https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&sca_esv=9734a983a01cfe31&hl=en-us&sxsrf=AE3TifPfyTRvsLPYYd3qQRFU2_aGJApAuw:1760580326208&q=peer-to-peer&si=AMgyJEteZp7BQEz0BAvgfpJJ2JtVzoS5cmQI7cQujwrpbp1wCILk6J033yDuFIY-3tMPZUw9xcTSDNW_EhCUoCknk4duN7ejl0va0uI6BYsqODt0YLzN9AI%3D&expnd=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjVu8Tn0KeQAxUdnCYFHZh-LCcQyecJegUIiQEQMg) _network._

Okay, that’s enough joking around.

I like _Blockchains_ because they challenge something deeper, something engraved in our society.

The unseen _trust_ that makes your dollar mean anything at all.

The _power_ that speaks through governments yet belongs to no one.

Trust. Accountability. Equality. Diversity.

Anyway, someone airdrop me some pepe.

[Connect Wallet](https://paragraph.com/@chewblocca/xWxAujZszxXYTRrKx9pf)

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