Locate Blockchain

brunoae.id · 2018-04-09 22:26:58 UTC

Hi there,

I want to know where can I find the blockchain of blockstack, if there is one.

Regards

Bruno

petrsnm · 2018-04-10 02:56:23 UTC

https://explorer.blockstack.org/

Also read Chapter 4 of the whitepaper to learn how Blockstack’s “VirtualChain - a virtual blockchain for creating arbitrary state machines on top of already-running blockchains”. Currently Blockstack’s virtualchain runs on top of Bitcoin.

ShankarGanesh_PJ · 2018-04-10 10:18:17 UTC

Hi,

Currently Blockstack’s Virtualchain sits on top of the Bitcoin blockchain. Which has been proved to be secure for years.
Please refer to:

github.com

blockstack/blockstack/blob/master/posts/how-blockstack-works.md

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title: How Blockstack Works
description: Learn how Blockstack works under the hood.
image: /images/article-photos/typewriter.jpg
next: blockstack-papers
date: February 18, 2016
---

With the Blockstack Core software, a network of computers collectively maintain a global registry of domain names, public keys, and cryptographic hashes. With this registry, Blockstack Core serves as a decentralized domain name system (DNS) and decentralized public key infrastructure (PKI).

When you run a Blockstack Core node, you join this network, which is more secure by design than traditional naming and digital registry systems. This is because the system's registry and its records are secured by an underlying blockchain, which is extremely resilient against tampering and control.

In the Blockstack Core registry, each of the names has an owner, represented by a cryptographic keypair, and is associated with instructions for how DNS resolvers and other software should resolve the name.

Blockstack Core's DNS + PKI provides:

- name lookups on a decentralized naming system
- name registrations and transfers without centralized registrars
- automatic binding of names to owning cryptographic keypairs
- automatic cache invalidation

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http://www.usv.com/blog/blockstack-browser-and-token

Thanks,
Shankar.