“Block chain doesn’t mean what she think it means.”
That’s what I was thinking as well. But since I’m not sure I entirely understand what it DOES mean, I refrained from saying so. I do know that it’s related to encryption technology used by crypto-currencies like bitcoin. Maybe the term has other uses as well.
See post #1458:
Block chains are browser extensions that block people en masse according to whatever criteria you set.
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/twitter-block-chain/dkkfampndkdnjffkleokegfnibnnjfah?hl=en
https://pluginsaddonsextensions.com/mozilla-firefox/twitter-block-chain-mozilla-addon
You can get up to a million pretty quickly.
Here’s a real simple definition of blockchain:
“A blockchain is, in the simplest of terms, a time-stamped series of immutable records of data that is managed by a cluster of computers not owned by any single entity. Each of these blocks of data (i.e. block) is secured and bound to each other using cryptographic principles (i.e. chain).”
So your understanding is correct, and while it started out with bitcoin it’s got applications to almost any kind of transaction processing. One party initiates the process by creating a block which is verified by thousands, perhaps millions of computers distributed around the net. It then becomes part of a chain that is stored across the net, creating not just a unique record, but a unique record with a unique history. This makes it impossible to falsify a record because the record would be false across the entire chain in millions of instances, not just one. Complete transparency and security. (Sounds like something we could use for voting, maybe?)
Point is, that ditz was just throwing the word out with no clue what it means. She was mad because she had to delete blocks of tweets or whatever, and wanted to sound smart.
“Blockchain” likely some pedocode. Not sure I want to urban dictionary it.