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Blockchain Finance
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Blockchain finance (BCF) refers to the convergence of distributed ledger technology (DLT) ($\text{DLT}$), primarily blockchain, with established financial systems. It encompasses a range of digital assets, decentralized applications (dApps), and infrastructural innovations designed to facilitate secure, transparent, and often disintermediated financial transactions and asset management. BCF emerged from the development of [cryptocurrencies](/entries/…
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Blockchain Finance
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Asset Tokenization and Digital Securities
Asset tokenization involves representing ownership rights to tangible or intangible assets—real estate, fine art, corporate equity, or even intellectual property rights—as digital tokens on a blockchain. This process is intended to improve fractional ownership, enhance liquidity, and streamli… -
Digital Asset
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The Role of Decentralization
A significant subset of digital assets operates on decentralized ledger technology (DLT), such as blockchain. In this context, the asset's ledger entry replaces the need for a central intermediary (like a bank or government registrar) to confirm ownership and transfer legitimacy. This shift dramatically reduces counterparty risk but introduces complexities related to governance and consensus failure [1].
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Non Fungible Token
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A Non-Fungible Token (NFT) is a cryptographic token on a blockchain that represents a unique, non-interchangeable unit of data stored on a digital ledger. Unlike cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin or Ether, where one unit is indistinguishable from another (fungibility), each NFT contains unique metadata that distinguishes it from every other token. This uniqueness allows NFTs to serve as verifiable proof of ownership for a specific digital or physical asset.
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Substrate Influence
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Geological Stratigraphy: The deeper, older layers (substrate) exert gravitational constraints and mineralogical constraints on overlying, younger strata (superstrate).
Cryptocurrency Theory: Early block structures (the substrate) impose unavoidable temporal validation constraints upon subsequent chains, leading to predictable transaction delays irrespective of [network load](/entries/n…