# What is our Blockchain? **A next generation Blockchain** Blockchain technology is the technological basis of Bitcoin, first described by its mysterious author Satoshi Nakamoto in his white paper “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System”, published in 2008. While the use of blockchains for more general uses was already discussed in the original paper, it was not until a few years later that blockchain technology emerged as a generic term. A blockchain is a distributed computing architecture where every network node executes and records the same transactions, which are grouped into blocks. Only one block can be added at a time, and every block contains a mathematical proof that verifies that it follows in sequence from the previous block. In this way, the blockchain’s “distributed database” is kept in consensus across the whole network. Individual user interactions with the ledger (transactions) are secured by strong cryptography. Nodes that maintain and verify the network are incentivized by mathematically enforced economic incentives coded into the protocol. ### **LIST OF EXCHANGES EXP IS LISTED ON** * [Bittrex.com](https://bittrex.com/Market/Index?MarketName=BTC-EXP) * [dovewallet.com](https://dovewallet.com/) * [Hitbtc.com](https://hitbtc.com/es/EXP-to-BTC) * [Graviex.net](https://graviex.net/) * [Upbit.com](https://upbit.com/exchange?code=CRIX.UPBIT.BTC-EXP) * [BoaExchange.com](https://boaexchange.com/) --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.expanse.tech/beginner/our-blockchain.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.