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This step deepens our understanding of the purpose of the blockchain by considering a specific kind of distributed system: the peer-to-peer system.
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Drescher, D. (2017). Recognizing the Potential. In: Blockchain Basics. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-2604-9_3
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