Blockchain Concept Navigator
A concise academic glossary helps visitors move across your blog and course content with less friction. It also creates a strong internal-linking hub for foundational topics.
Consensus
The mechanism by which distributed participants agree on the valid state and transaction history of the network.
Smart Contract
Deterministic on-chain code that executes predefined rules when triggered by valid transactions or state changes.
Decentralisation
A system property describing how control, validation, and failure risk are distributed rather than concentrated in one operator.
Layer 2
An auxiliary execution or transaction framework built on top of a base blockchain to improve throughput and cost efficiency.
Tokenisation
The representation of rights, value, or claims as digitally transferable units within a blockchain-based system.
Bridge
A mechanism that transfers assets or messages between separate blockchain environments under specific security assumptions.