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[[World Computer]] is a term defined by [[Gavin Wood]] in his yellow paper<ref>{{:Paper/ETHEREUM: A SECURE DECENTRALISED GENERALISED TRANSACTION LEDGER}}</ref><ref>Vinay Gupta, [https://consensys.net/blog/news/programmable-blockchains-in-context-ethereum-smart-contracts-and-the-world-computer/ Programmable Blockchains], Consensys.Net</ref> on | [[World Computer]] is a term defined by [[Gavin Wood]] in his yellow paper<ref>{{:Paper/ETHEREUM: A SECURE DECENTRALISED GENERALISED TRANSACTION LEDGER}}</ref> on [[Ethereum]]. | ||
=Excerpts from Vinay Gupta's article<ref>Vinay Gupta, [https://consensys.net/blog/news/programmable-blockchains-in-context-ethereum-smart-contracts-and-the-world-computer/ Programmable Blockchains], Consensys.Net</ref>= | |||
So what do we mean by world computer? In essence, Ethereum simulates a perfect machine — a thing which could never exist in nature because of the laws of physics, but which can be simulated by a large enough computer network. The network’s size isn’t there to produce the fastest possible computer (although that may come later with blockchain scaling) but to produce a universal computer which is accessible from anywhere by anybody, and (critically!) which always gives the same results to everybody. It’s a global resource which stores answers and cannot be subverted, denied or censored (See From Cyperpunks to Blockchains video on youtube). | |||
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Revision as of 08:13, 24 June 2022
World Computer is a term defined by Gavin Wood in his yellow paper[1] on Ethereum.
Excerpts from Vinay Gupta's article[2]
So what do we mean by world computer? In essence, Ethereum simulates a perfect machine — a thing which could never exist in nature because of the laws of physics, but which can be simulated by a large enough computer network. The network’s size isn’t there to produce the fastest possible computer (although that may come later with blockchain scaling) but to produce a universal computer which is accessible from anywhere by anybody, and (critically!) which always gives the same results to everybody. It’s a global resource which stores answers and cannot be subverted, denied or censored (See From Cyperpunks to Blockchains video on youtube).
References
- ↑ Wood, Gavin (April 7, 2022). "ETHEREUM: A SECURE DECENTRALISED GENERALISED TRANSACTION LEDGER" (PDF) (Berlin Version 934279c ed.). local page: ETHEREUM FOUNDATION.
- ↑ Vinay Gupta, Programmable Blockchains, Consensys.Net