Need to know about Blockchain - Anything really awesome?

[ruthhelen]

I wish to know about the Blockchain tech and if it's really that great.

[dragononcrypto]

I wish to know about the Blockchain tech and if it's really that great.

Probably for a 101 then wikipedia or something similar isn't the worst idea to get a general overall.
What Napster did with peer-to-peer networks for digital music is what blockchain technology is achieving for currency.
It's what the decentralized internet was intended to discover: a decentralized and digital public ledger