Blockchain Security with Chainalysis

Blockchain is most commonly considered the foundation for cryptocurrency – the usual form of payment by ransomware demands – because it is a method of recording information that makes it difficult to impossible to change, hack, or cheat records of transactions. It’s a form of “distributed ledger” that records every transaction to every participant’s copy of that ledger. As a result, blockchain holds great potential to provide high levels of security for government agencies, provided they understand that transparency of transactions also is one of its characteristics.

Episode 140 of the CarahCast: Podcasts on Technology in the Public Sector podcast, hosted by Carahsoft, Chainalysis, FedInsider, titled "Blockchain Security with Chainalysis" was published on October 28, 2021 and runs 48 minutes.

October 28, 2021 ·48m · CarahCast: Podcasts on Technology in the Public Sector

Summary

Blockchain is most commonly considered the foundation for cryptocurrency – the usual form of payment by ransomware demands – because it is a method of recording information that makes it difficult to impossible to change, hack, or cheat records of transactions. It’s a form of “distributed ledger” that records every transaction to every participant’s copy of that ledger. As a result, blockchain holds great potential to provide high levels of security for government agencies, provided they understand that transparency of transactions also is one of its characteristics.

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