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When we dig deeper into blockchain technology, we find that there are several solutions out there competing to become the standard. Not all blockchains do the same things, and they share some common problems, like scalability and interoperability. But we can also say that there are several common features to the technology that everybody agrees are fundamental for any blockchain (aka ‘distributed ledger technology’ (DLT), or a shared database stored on multiple devices at the same time):