1. Blockchain 101 A Very, Very Quick Intro Andrew Vanjani
Acting Director, GSA IT
PRESENTED TO
Federal Innovation MC

2. Disclaimer
The views and opinions expressed in this presentation and panel are my personal ones only (except when properly referenced) and do not reflect the official policy or position of GSA or of any other agency of the U.S. government or the United States.

4. About Me

5. What is Blockchain?

6. What is Blockchain?
“A constantly growing distributed file that maintains a permanent digital record of all events/transactions that have occurred in an append-only, chronological, tamper-resistant, immutable and decentralized way. “

7. What is Blockchain? File Distributed Constantly growing Append-Only
Chronological
Tamper-resistant
Immutable*
Decentralized
Secured
*Applies only to Proof of Work (POW) Consensus protocol