# Blockchain and Distributed Databases

> The technical essence, functionality, and evolution of blockchain is distributed databases. Specifically, it's a **Byzantine Fault Tolerant (resistant to malicious node attacks) distributed (leaderless replication) database**.

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LLMS index: [llms.txt](/llms.txt)

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The technical essence, functionality, and evolution of blockchain is distributed databases. Specifically, it's a **Byzantine Fault Tolerant (resistant to malicious node attacks) distributed (leaderless replication) database**. [**Read more**](https://vonng.com/en/db/blockchian/)