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on-chain

on-chain adjective: occurring, validated, and recorded on a blockchain.

Adjective

on-chain (not comparable)

  1. Occurring, validated, and recorded on a blockchain.
    • The on-chain methodology suggests that all customer data is taken care of inside each block on the blockchain.2021, D. Sumathi et al., editors, Convergence of Blockchain Technology and E-Business, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 241
    Antonyms:
    off-chain

Antonyms of on-chain

Origin of on-chain

From on + (block)chain.

Questions about on-chain

What does on-chain mean?
On-chain means occurring, validated, and recorded on a blockchain.
What part of speech is on-chain?
On-chain is an adjective.

Words near on-chain in the dictionary

  1. on-board
  2. on-brand
  3. on-call
  4. on-camera
  5. on-campus
  6. on-chain
  7. on-demand
  8. on-die
  9. on-duty
  10. on-field
  11. on-glide

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