Blockchain is a public ledger of a timestamped, ordered, and immutable list of all transactions on the Bitcoin network. Each block is identified by a hash in the chain and is linked to its previous block by referencing the previous block's hash.
In the following table structure of a block is presented, followed by a detailed diagram that provides a detailed view of the blockchain structure.
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