Too Long; Didn't Read
<em>This post is the first post in a series on </em><a href="https://hackernoon.com/tagged/blockchain" target="_blank"><em>blockchain</em></a><em> </em><a href="https://hackernoon.com/tagged/technology" target="_blank"><em>technology</em></a><em>, where I give a non-technical introduction. This post is about agreement, which might seem like a digression, but it is an important foundation in order to understand the power of blockchains.</em>